Louise Witt is a writer who lives in Hoboken, N.J.

Louise Witt's Salon stories

Monday, Dec 3, 2007 04:47 PST

FCC commissioner Michael Copps vs. "Big Media"

FCC chairman Kevin Martin wants to relax rules on how many media outlets one company can own in one market. Democratic commissioner Copps wants to rally the public to stop media consolidation.
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2003 15:09 PDT

A nation of scared sheep

Why don't Americans care that Bush may have lied to them about Iraq? The answer lies deep in our reptilian brains.
Tuesday, May 27, 2003 14:05 PDT

The never ending war over slavery

A new exhibit at the Museum of the Confederacy tells of slaves who supported slavery. But if former Gov. Doug Wilder's dream comes true, the nation's first slavery museum will tell a different -- and harsher -- story.
Thursday, Apr 17, 2003 16:10 PDT

The end of civilization

The sacking of Iraq's museums is like a "lobotomy" of an entire culture, say art experts. And they warned the Pentagon repeatedly of this potential catastrophe months before the war.
Thursday, Apr 3, 2003 15:53 PST

Death trap

Iraqis tell their American relatives of the daily horror of being caught between Saddam's death squads and the ferocious firepower of the U.S. military.
Monday, Mar 17, 2003 14:52 PST

Scud Stud lobs a missile at Bush

During the Gulf War, NBC reporter Arthur Kent was famed for his boyish good looks. Today, liberated from the network, he's free to say that Bush is out of control.
Friday, Jan 3, 2003 14:13 PST

Onward, Christian soldiers

With its allies now controlling Congress and the White House, the religious right launches a crusade to cleanse America of sin. The first battlefield: Women's bodies.
Tuesday, Nov 5, 2002 09:31 PST

Bush's reefer madness

Terrified that an increasingly pot-tolerant America will spell the end of their moral crusade, the president's anti-drug warriors are making a last stand over marijuana.

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