The erosion of civil liberties is an issue that needs more public discussion, whether or not one agrees with the Bush Administration's War on Terror and policies in Iraq, as the author does. The issue is vital to all Americans all across the political spectrum.

Instead of complaining about how bad the next three years will be, Democrats now have the opportunity to produce a viable "front runner." It really shouldn?t be that hard to find a candidate who can identify with the American people.

Although it appears that the Bush Administration's pressuring of Ehud Olmert to negotiate with the powerless Mahmoud Abbas is pointless, there may, in fact, be method to the apparent madness.

When reading The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, I wish it were a dream. Symbols of economic uncertainty, cultural chaos, and ethnic frenzy prompt a longing for better days. What is happening to America?

In an era of real economic, political and international crises, it is incumbent upon the eletorate to communicate to its reprentatives in Washington to stop wasting time debating such issues as gay marriage and flag burning, and take up the real problems we face as a nation.

?Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression.. to receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.? Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The Recent murder of US troops in Iraq cleary highlights just how political the anti-war groups are.

According to a New Mexico State Senator, the proposed uranium enrichment facility in New Mexico may be getting its uranium from Canada, completing shutting the U.S. out of the mining and enrichment process steps of the nuclear fuel cycle.

Who decided that the best way to ventilate a ceiling was to suspend the basement floor over our heads? A 3-ton concrete section of the Central Artery Tunnel connector ceiling crashed onto Milena Del Valle's car while she and her husband were traveling to Logan Airport on Monday night. By Friday we learned that at over 300 problem areas exist with connector bolts that suspend the concrete slabs overhead. The CAT cost taxpayers over $14.6 billion dollars by 2006. Shoddy work for such a hefty pricetag. Who benefited from the largest public works program that has commuters fleeing for safety?

The Central Artery Tunnel (CA T) video footage and documents show more than anchor bolt problems in Boston's Big Dig concrete. Contaminated concrete from recycled excavate was used in 3,800 million cubic yards of concrete construction. The CA T documents should be examined for the chemical properties of the recycled aggregate soil and the concrete tested for corrosion and expansion contaminants.