June 24, 2006
Bye-Bye Miss American (First Amendment) Pie
BY: DORIS COLMES Deputy District Attorney Richard Ceballos was outraged. He had just been disciplined after writing internal memos alleging that a police officer had blatantly lied in order to obtain a search warrant. But, when he continued to urge...
May 15, 2006
Saving The Internet Is Saving Freedom
BY: Doris Colmes, MSW Way back in Viet Nam times, not only didn't we have the internet, we didn't even need it. Hey, we were out there marching and hollering because we were all pretty much aware of the lies...
November 30, 2005
Ridin' the Bus With Deborah
By: Doris Colmes When Deborah Davis hit the news, I got hit as well - right in the pit of my stomach where terror hides, and panic lurks. "Oh God," I mumbled, "It's happening again" And just exactly what had...
November 21, 2005
In Truth
By: Monica & Kevin Benderman From Kevin Benderman George W. Bush When are you going to tell the truth to the people of the United States? Why don't you tell them why you want to be in Iraq so bad?...
August 2, 2005
Old Mind Sets, New Minds
By: Doris Colmes, MSW We had been kicked out of two mansions in a row, the chauffeur and governess wandered off, expressing their regrets at not being allowed to work for Jews, and we now occupied a duplex in a...
July 5, 2005
Morphing the Gestapo
By: Doris Colmes There I was -- a bratty, independent kid, with a twisted sense of humor who enjoyed doing illegal things: Entrance into anyplace at all displaying the "No Dogs or Jews Allowed" signs was fun, even though it...
June 16, 2005
"Enabling" The Patriot Act
By: Doris Colmes At the end of the school year of June, 1938, my parents received a polite, but firm letter from Dr. Gregor Ziemer, headmaster of "The American School of Berlin," stating that Jewish children were no longer permitted...
June 1, 2005
Papiere Bitte
By: Doris Colmes Editor's Note: Ms. Colmes is a person who has been through a transition from democracy to fascism once. I believe that her insights regarding the current environment deserve careful reading. They are a warning we should not...