http://subs.zinester.com/67684 Weekly distribution of important news stories. This ezine was designed with the intent to "round up" stories to provide a context for global events, with some emphasis on--but not limited to--the United States. en http://archives.zinester.com/67684/36430.html?rss=1 This week:

The Right's Assault on Kofi Annan
The Nation
by Ian Williams
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050110&s=williams

Book Review: "Terrorism and Tyranny" by James Bovard (which I fully endorse)
by Karen De Coster
http://www.mises.org/fullstory.aspx?control=1438

America Attacked: The Sequel (an imagined history)
The Atlantic Monthly
by Richard Clarke
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200501/clarke
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right on all email addresses.

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Anti-Social Security
by DEAN BAKER
The Nation [from the December 27, 2004 issue]

This article can be found on the web at
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20041227&s=baker

The battle for Social Security's survival is under way. In a key maneuver
recently, N. Gregory Mankiw, George W. Bush's chief economic adviser,
explicitly floated the idea of cutting benefits, a necessary but unmentioned
... ]]> 34008 Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:41:45 MSK http://archives.zinester.com/67684/33997.html?rss=1 Anti-Social Security
by DEAN BAKER
The Nation [from the December 27, 2004 issue]

This article can be found on the web at
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20041227&s=baker

The battle for Social Security's survival is under way. In a key maneuver
recently, N. Gregory Mankiw, George W. Bush's chief economic adviser,
explicitly floated the idea of cutting benefits, a necessary but unmentioned
part of the White House's privatization plan. More details will be presented to
the public in the weeks ahead, but the outlines of the Bush plan are already
clear, having been laid out by his 2001 Social Security Commission. As Mankiw
suggested, the Bush plan would require a large reduction in the benefits
provided by the existing system. A worker who is 20 today would see a cut of
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