Ebonics Critics Speak Ignorance	by Walter M. Brasch Driven by ignorance and fueled by the media, the public argues that the nation's teachers are "dumbing down" their students by even allowing such "substandard" speech in the classroom, while it is the failure of teachers and the public to understand the nature of a student's home language -- whether Black English, Yiddish, or Pennsylvania Dutch
NY Times Editor Sounds Alarm	by Todd Gitlin When the Times' managing editor stands up in public and mournfully declares that he is "truly alarmed" by major trends in his business -- in particular by corporate mergers -- it's remarkable
The Anti-Trust Juggernaut Crushes the Little Guy	by Charles E. Mueller The Supreme Court has encouraged corporate megamergers and with no authorization from Congress, changed the country's basic economic policy
Our Love Affair With Mass Murder	By Ted Rall Splayed across the death gurney, the needles still in Kirt Wainwright's arms for 45 minutes while Justice Clarence Thomas considered the appeal
Washington Post Tosses its Conscience	by Norman Solomon Now the politicians and the generals, the arms contractors and the corporate lobbyists won't have to see anti-military column in the august Washington Post
The Case against Newt	by Alexander Cockburn That Republicans are defending Gingrich and claiming he's a martyr presents a double standard