"To use a much-overworked boxing metaphor, the debate featured no knockdowns, but Kerry won on points. Despite the constraints imposed on the proceedings, the more than 50 million viewers who tuned in to the 90-minute debate were treated to a rather substantive discussion of two competing approaches to diplomacy, the war on terrorism and to winning the war in Iraq."

"It’s not enough that the yellowest of CanWest’s Zionist rags torques the news to serve Israel, but it must make the wire services do so, too."

"...even without the documents, it is a fact that Bush did leave the Texas Air National Guard for assignment in Alabama so he could work on a congressional campaign there."

"Though Bush and Kerry are inclined to understate the importance of potential new Supreme Court picks as they try to attract swing voters, Professor Dorf is unequivocal: “A Bush victory will greatly increase the likelihood that Congress and the state legislatures will be able to ban most abortions at some point in the next four years. In contrast, a Kerry victory will almost surely preserve the status quo of legal abortion prior to the third trimester of pregnancy.”

"In the Theocratic States of America, no reporter is going to call into question canonical verities, much less criticize the U.S.’s carefully nurtured sense of martyrdom. Yet, the WTC collapse isn’t a matter of faith; it’s a matter of fact, and therefore it can and should be discussed critically. The fact that our mainstream media are afraid or unable to do this should make us wonder what we’re not being told."

"Fanatics like the Pentagon official General Boykin, or religious leaders like Pat Robertson or Franklin Graham, or extremist radio talk show hosts-all continue to spew their venom to an audience that has come to accept vile stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims as real information."

"The White House has tried to distract the news media from dwelling on the milestone of 1,000 American deaths in Iraq. Meanwhile, the lethal toll among Iraqi civilians is a media abstraction. In the U.S. press, those victims -- far more numerous and no less precious to their loved ones -- go uncounted and unnamed."

"Both campaigns are focused on reinforcing and energizing their core support groups. The Republicans are appealing to religious conservatives and national security hawks, while Democrats are reaching out to union members, African Americans, Hispanics, women, and social liberals."