Voice of North America Articles

EXCERPT: I have been putting together a show for KPHX called Fantastic Forum (I know, corny name, but catchy).  The format is a panel discussion-debate show like Realtime with Bill Maher, but for the radio.  The intent is to add more political content to Phoenix's only liberal talk radio station, especially on the weekends where the line up has suffered from shows like Exopolitics (which has nothing to do with politics, let alone reality) and the loss of Voice of Arizona.
My...

EXCERPT: Under the cover of darkness, the Bush administration quietly released on May 9 a monumental yet underreported executive order:  National Security and Presidential Directive NSPD 51.
This directive, supposedly meant to ensure the continuity of government in case of catastrophic emergency, virtually anoints the President with the powers of an emperor in the event of “any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or...

EXCERPT: Hunter asked a profound but simple question that lies at the heart of any discussion about America's role in the world:
On the immigration debate, I have one question that no one will answer. So I'll ask you and the author Debbie this question and see if you can answer. I'll preface it like this, theres 6 billion people on this rock and most are much poorer that our poorest of poor. They would kill to come here and eat trash from my dumpster. Each case is tragic and...

EXCERPT: I friggin hate checking the Most Active Articles at VofAZ to catch up on the latest comments, only to find William's freakish verbal masturbations staining the pages of an otherwise interesting discussion or stimulating debate.  His random and senseless musings up to this point were tolerable, if not distracting, but now he feels he must attack our best and most prolific writer.  Forget Imus!: William is doing more to tarnish human dignity and extinguish the light of...

EXCERPT: March 19, 2007.  On this inauspicious 4th anniversary of our invasion of Iraq, I would be remiss not to mention one more fundamental difference between the occupation of Germany and Japan, and the occupation of Iraq (not already discussed in the article Not the Same Occupation).

Our troops during WWII and during the following reconstruction were well equipped, well trained, well utilized, given adequate rest between tours of duty, given exemplary care if wound, given full honors...

EXCERPT: Well at least now we know why George W. Bush sent his daughters to South America to scout out real estate in Paraguay – he just loves the food!
Yes, it seems that the leader of the free world’s recent whirlwind tour of our neighbors to the south was more than just the typical diplomatic genuflection of a lame-duck President:  It was a gastronomic tour de force.
While extolling the benefits of ethanol as an alternative fuel to President Lula of Brazil, President Bush...

EXCERPT: The article below was written by Paul Minot, a psychiatrist in Waterville, Maine.  It falls under the category of "things you wish you had written" because it so perfectly sums up what you knew all along.
My knowledge of psychiatry is limited in scope and confined to what I picked up in Psychology 401 at the University of Michigan in 1982 and in two clinical clerkships in Clinical Psychiatry and Prison Psychiatry I took in medical school 12 years later.  I am a...

EXCERPT: I came across these tables related to America’s past wars - from the American Revolution up to the Gulf War – compiled from statistics provided by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.  They are posted at: 
 

    American Revolution (1775-1783) Total Servicemembers    217,000 Battle Deaths     4,435 Non-mortal Woundings    6,188 War of 1812 (1812-1815) ...

EXCERPT: Excepts from George W. Bush's speech to the nation Wednesday evening:
the armed forces of the United States are engaged in a struggle that will determine the direction of the global war on terror and our safety here at home
The situation in Iraq is unacceptable to the American people, and it is unacceptable to me
It is clear that we need to change our strategy in Iraq
Failure in Iraq would be a disaster for the United States
The consequences of failure are clear: Radical Islamic...

EXCERPT: This morning's Voice of Arizona Show was all about New Year's Resolutions.  We had no shortage of callers with their ideas for resolutions, so I held off reading from my own list.  Here is my personal top 20 for the 110th Congress, not in any particular order, and by no means comprehensive wish list.  My complements to new member Tom Carter for beating me to the punch.
1)    End US sponsored torture and illegal rendition.
2)  ...