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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 16:44:39 -0400<BR>To: editor@baltimorechronicle.com<BR>From: Alice Cherbonnier <EDITOR@BALTIMORECHRONICLE.COM><BR>Subject: LATEST ISSUE OF BALTIMORE CHRONICLE NOW ONLINE<BR>CC: editor@baltimorechronicle.com<BR><BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">The May 2003 edition is now online--with an important difference. We are now updating content nearly every day. We keep stories available all month on the main page, and then store them in our searchable archives.<B> The listings that follow are copied from the site and thus underlined, but are not links</B>. To read the stories, please go to the web site at<FONT color=#0000ff><B> http://baltimorechronicle.com</B></FONT> (this URL<B> is</B> an active link).<BR><BR>Be sure to visit the companion SCREED site at http://linkthing.com/screed for an outspoken annotated compendium of links to the most important news stories appearing in the English language press. They're organized by topic, so you can follow, for example, top stories about the Enron scandal from its beginnings to the present.<BR><BR>If you don't wish to be notified when issues are updated, please send a reply email to that effect. And of course, as always, we welcome your comments and criticisms.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><BR></FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U>Community Alerts:</U><B> 5/16-17</B><U> Peace & Justice Conference;</U><B> 5/20-27</B><U> MTA Rate & Service Reduction Hearings</U></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><BR></FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U>Hot Topic: The Missing News</U></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><BR></FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U>Linkthing Reference Links</U></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><BR></FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB></X-TAB>BaltimoreChronicle.com</U></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000> </FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U> Weather</U></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><BR></FONT><FONT face=Syntax color=#c00030 size=+1><B>MAY 2003</B></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><BR></FONT><FONT face=Syntax color=#c00030 size=+1><B>Updated frequently</B></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2>5.4</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#303060><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>NEWS BRIEFS</U></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2>5.7</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#e00020><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>CALENDAR</U></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Maryland's Economy Could Profit From Renewable Energy</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Brooklyn and Curtis Bay Residents Collaborate with City Government to Plan for the Future of Small Towns in the City</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#303060><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Pro-Mass Transit Activists Plan Protests of MTA Rate Increases</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Fordham University Study of Baltimore Schools Shows Worst-Qualified Teachers More Likely in Poor and Minority Schools</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Volunteers Conduct City's First Comprehensive Baltimore Homeless Census</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.7</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>A Call for "Affirmative Access" in Library Service</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> The public library is often the only place a resident of an impoverished neighborhood can access the Internet and its wealth of information. Placing computers beyond their reach moves impoverished citizens completely off the digital map.</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by Jane Ball Shipley and Christopher Shipley</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.7</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Ask the Plant and Pest Professor</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.8</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Preakness '03; Plus, the NFL Drafts a New Round of Millionaires</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>4.19</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>The City's Neighborhoods Have Become the Poor Stepchildren</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>4.5</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>The State of Giving in Maryland 2002</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> Maryland's wealthiest residents (those earning $200,000 and above) still appear to be less generous than their counterparts in other states. Why is this?</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> A REPORT BY THE BALTIMORE GIVING PROJECT</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2>4.4</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>City to Celebrate 175th Anniversary of Railroading</U></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><BR></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica color=#000060><B>NATION & WORLD</B></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>CARDIN WARNS THAT BUSH TAX CUT WILL HURT</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Though Nation's Unemployment Rate Is Increasing, Benefits Are Set To Expire May 31</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>The Great Progressive Rate Scam</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> While it is true that Income Taxes do indeed follow a progressive schedule, when one factors in Sales, Property and Excise Taxes, it quickly becomes apparent that, at the national level, the lowest 20% of wage earners pay about 11.4% of their income in taxes, while the top 1% pay only about 7.3%.</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by David Flores</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2>5.10</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Noted Journalist James Fallows Previews "The War after the War"</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> Overall, Fallows said, Iraq has encountered "30 years of mixed signals from the United States," a situation that has led to frustration on the part of Iraq officials and citizens as well as others in the Arab world.</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by Elissa Thomas</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.7</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Israeli Major Brings Message of Peace to Baltimore</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> "It was safer in jail. And the alternative would have been morally unacceptable to me."</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by Elissa Thomas</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.7</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>The Right Way To Rebuild Iraq</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> "Nothing embodies the Bush administration's shortsightedness and moral bankruptcy more than its plan to employ former Air Force Gen. Jay Garner as the head of the Pentagon's rebuilding effort for Iraq. "</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by William D. Hartung</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>4.4</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Survey Declares Two-Thirds of US Pension Plans 'Underfunded'</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>4.4</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>After Iraq, What? Can the US Occupy and Police the Whole World?</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> Perhaps you should "ask not what your government can do for you, but what you can do to stop it."</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by Mark Lance, Ph.D.</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><X-TAB> </X-TAB><BR></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica color=#000060><B>ART & ENTERTAINMENT</B></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Quotes:</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U> Quotes from Women</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Book:</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U> Joe DiMaggio Gets Lawyered-Up</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Book:</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U> Leo Bretholz's Memoir Tells of Being Liberated Twice</U></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><BR></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica color=#000060><B>NEWS MEDIA CRITIQUE</B></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>SARS: More Panic than Peril?</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>4.14</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Who's Paying for those Embedded Journalists?</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> If somehow a conflict of interest does arise in an otherwise valid story, the journalist is duty-bound to reveal it so the public will know what hangs in the balance.</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by Alice Cherbonnier</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>4.4</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Fla. Court Rules It's Legal for Press to Lie</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> The Court held that the Federal Communications Commission position against news distortion is only a "policy," not a promulgated law, rule, or regulation.</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> Source:<I> Sierra Times</I></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><BR></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica color=#000060><B>LETTERS</B></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13<X-TAB> </X-TAB></FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#303060><U>Letters</U></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><BR></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica color=#000060><B>SPEAKING OUT</B></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>4.10</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#f00000 size=-1><B><X-TAB> </X-TAB>EDITORIAL:</B></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>What's Wrong with Looting? It's the American Way!</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>The Magic Onion</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>CEO's at Defense Contractors Earn 45% More</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Licensed to Kill</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Leave Bill Bennett Alone</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>"Candid Camera on Crack," and Other Social Ills</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> You have to wonder: Why do so many people find torture-TV shows to be entertaining?</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by Lynda Lambert</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Vampires Who Suck Liberty: How Banks Keep Americans Indentured to Debt</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> "Most Americans suffer from a form of modern-day serfdom....65 million families maintain revolving debt. Interest rates are normally between 18 percent and 22 percent."</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by Philip Chadbourne</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Whose Oil? Our Oil!</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> Will Bush make good on his March 17 pledge that Iraq's oil wells belong to Iraq's people, or will he 'forget,' as he's 'forgotten' so many other promises?</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by David Flores</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.13</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Let's Explore the Roots of Our Violent Culture</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> Pre-emptive war, like so much unthinking violence, is based on instinct. So now we have a national war policy of elaborated hunch.</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by Fred C. Ruof</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.7</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Kelly the Hawk Meets the Old Iraqi Warrior</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> "An Iraqi soldier died alone and unsung near his village on a bridge over the Euphrates--his bridge, his Euphrates, his village, and his Iraq."</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by William Hughes</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.7</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>The Shocking Mess in Iraq</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.8</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>The Night After: An Israeli's Thoughts about the War</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> "The small group that initiated this war-an alliance of Christian fundamentalists and Jewish neoconservatives-has won big, and from now on it will control Washington almost without limits."</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by Uri Avnery</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>5.8</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Freud on War: Civilization's Obscene Ghost</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>4.10</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>On Getting Inspired (and Snubbed) by Ralph Nader</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> "Our Commander-in-Chief," said Nader during a South Carolina speech, "is a messianic militarist on a revenge trip."</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by Brad Carlton</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2><BR>4.9</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Q & A with Greg Palast</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> "The Florida [election] show is being taken on the road and is going to be imposed on all 50 states. Centralization, computerization, purging the voter rolls. That is completely unreported, and it's going to fix the 2004 election if it's close," says investigative journalist Greg Palast.</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by Brad Carlton</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2>4.5</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U><X-TAB> </X-TAB>The War President Is Waging a Multi-Faceted Battle on the Domestic Front</U></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=-2> This unseen war is being waged while the people have their heads turned in the direction of the war on terror and Iraq.</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#660026 size=-2> by Parrish W. Jones, Ph.D.</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><X-TAB> </X-TAB><BR></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica color=#000060><B>PRETTY PICTURE</B></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><BR> <BR><BR><X-TAB></X-TAB><BR></FONT><FONT face="Book Antiqua" color=#000000>"Gorgeous Gardens," an exhibition featuring paintings by Iva Gillet and outdoor sculpture by Sue Henry, is showing through Saturday, June 21 at Paper-Rock-Scissors gallery, 1111 West 36th Street, Baltimore, MD 21211. An Opening Reception for the artists will be held on Thurs., May 15 from 5:30-8:30pm. Above is Ms. Gillet's "Poppies III," 2002, mixed media on canvas, 24" x 48". Gallery hours: Tues 10 - 5 Wed - Sat 10 - 6. Closed Sun. & Mon. Info: 410-235-4420 or visit</FONT><FONT face=Palatino color=#000090><U> paperrockscissors.com</U></FONT><FONT face="Book Antiqua" color=#000000>.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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