In the January 2006 Z Magazine:

An article (by Norman Solomon) about Ronald Dumbsfeld's (oops, I mean Donald Rumsfeld's!!!) chummy 1982 visit with none other than Saddam Hussein. Yes, folks, he was an ally of the United States at one time. He was just as bad then as ever, but as is so often the case he was useful to the US ruling class at least for a while. Bravo to Solomon for keeping this in the news.

Morgan Cohen reports on the latest fascist fun and games being perpetrated by one time left winger-turned-Republifascist David Horowitz. More ridiculous gibberish about how American higher education is overrun by far leftists, yadda yadda blah blah. He has started a group with a typically right wing Orwellian name...Students for Academic Freedom. They are promoting a piece of legislation whose name also is the opposite of what it really stands for, the Academic Bill of Rights. Horowitz and his gang are actually against academic freedom and rights.

A very good article by Peter Bohmer titled "Cuba: the Revolution Lives On." While there may be legitimate criticisms of the Cuban government, the picture we get here in the USA is distorted beyond belief by the right wing US government and the even more right wing "Cuban" (read, white Amerikan) community in Miami (among the reasons I dislike that city). Cuba has done more for its people with far less than what the US government has, and in many ways puts the US government to shame.

Mark Harris writes about the coming out of WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes, and the hope that this may lead to greater acceptance of gay athletes.