May 6, 5:40 p.m.: Recommended reading

Some of the better news pieces of the day.

By: Hank Kalet
   Some useful reading:
   • Howard Zinn, historian and author, asks us to reconsider patriotism and military might, wanting us to become global humanitarians in this essay on TomPaine.com.
   From the Washington Post:
   • E.J. Dionne Jr. attempts to sort out the mess created by a federal court ruling that tosses out parts of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reforms, while keeping others in place in this column.
   • The Post editorial knocks the Bush tax cut plan for faulty math and its impact on the deficit.
   From the http://www.nytimes.comNew York Times:
   • Paul Krugman in his Tuesday
column blasts the president for his speech aboard the U.S.S. Lincoln and the silly photo op that opened the evening.
   • David Shipler, a former New York Times reporter, won the Pulitzer Prize for "Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land," offers his take on the failing peace process in the Middle East.