18 Sep 2001

Taliban and bin Laden Are Not Afghanistan

By No Author
Editor's Note: The two articles that follow have been making the rounds on the Internet. While their exact origins aren't known, the second has been circulating for a long time and was supposedly a radio editorial in Canada.
15 Sep 2001

Before We Go To War

By Scott Morschhauser
According to the Los Angeles Times (reported 5/22/2001), in May the Bush administration (represented by Gen. Colin Powell) delivered $43 million dollars to the Taliban government.
15 Sep 2001

Bushs Faustian Deal With the Taliban

By Robert Scheer
Published May 22, 2001 in the Los Angeles Times Enslave your girls and women, harbor anti-U.S. terrorists, destroy every vestige of civilization in your homeland, and the Bush administration will embrace you.
11 Sep 2001

Parks Not the Real Issue Behind City-Owned Land

By Kathleen McCarthy
After nearly 10 years of observing Davenport's city councils in action, one would think nothing would come as a shock. It's as if a line keeps being drawn in the sand that councilmen keep stepping over. Such is the case with 6th Ward Alderman Bob McGivern.
11 Sep 2001

Hooked

By Garry Lee Wright
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04 Sep 2001

Don't Neglect Ballet Company's History

By Administrator
We read with great interest your article on Ballet Quad Cities (See River Cities' Reader, Issue 338, August 29-September 4, 2001). This article along with the June 10, 2001 Quad City Times article on the ballet company has prompted this response in order to clarify some inaccurate historical references.
04 Sep 2001

Back to School 3001

By Garry Lee Wright
"All right, children, settle down. I know it's been a long summer, but we need to get back to work now. Everyone turn down your voice-simulation devices and reconnect your seating modules. And Tommy 2X, stop eating that semiconductor paste.
28 Aug 2001

Democratic PAC More Like a Family Affair

By Kathleen McCarthy
Last Saturday, the Davenport Democratic Party PAC (formed when nonpartisan elections came into being in 1998) endorsed its candidates for Davenport's city council. The process, which should be equitable to all, was nothing more than a stacked deck of family and friends of incumbents who had the voting power to endorse their own.
21 Aug 2001

Baseball Can Bring Development

By Letter to Editor
I read with great interest Jeff Ignatius' article about the Quad City River Bandits and the furor that has erupted over them and the possibility of a new stadium. (See "Going ... Going ... ," River Cities' Reader, Issue 334, August 1-7, 2001.
21 Aug 2001

The Quad Cities Can Be Saved from the Development Monster

By Letter to Editor
I want to thank you for shining your brilliant light of reason, integrity, and vision on the issues surrounding real-estate developers serving their own best interests when elected to public office. I refer to your insightful words in the Issue 335 Words from the Editor, "Farewell to Bats": "Either Davenport voters need to stop electing wannabe politicians whose livelihoods depend on real estate altogether, or at least insist that they abstain from voting on economic development that involves their professional peers.

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