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One of the most recognizable women of our time, Jane Fonda—actress, activist, feminist, workout guru, entrepreneur, and philanthropist—examines her “life so far”. As Fonda relates her story, what emerges is a full portrait that transcends the many labels that have been used to define her as well as a cultural history of our nation’s last forty years as her life has woven through our times. “Coming to see my various individual struggles within a broader societal context enabled me to understand that much of my journey was a universal one for women. …. I’m proof that you teach what you...

Why do I make such a provocative statement? Well, according to Saturday’s Reporter’s Notebook in the Marin Independent Journal, the Democratic Central Committee of Marin approved a resolution to impeach President Bush. What for? Their excuse is the President’s “illegal domestic wiretapping of American citizens,” which is the big lie being promoted by the party’s national leadership, its elected officials, plus their grassroots activists and PR agents in the mainstream media. If it was any other time, this would be a good joke. However, with the threats facing America after 9/11, times are too serious for this cheap partisan stunt...

FOUR years after his capture in the mountains of northern Afghanistan, John Walker Lindh - "the Marin Taliban" - is quietly serving out his 20-year sentence in a medium-security federal prison in Victorville on the edge of the Mojave Desert. Lindh is a model prisoner, said his father, Frank Lindh of San Rafael, and his spirits are good. He is "as well adjusted as one can be, given the circumstances," West said. ....He was labeled a terrorist and a traitor to the United States, which had invaded Afghanistan to find Osama bin Laden and avenge the horrors of 9/11. Lindh...

Sir Winston Churchill, the remarkably witty and inspirational British Prime Minster, once stated, ''A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.'' Certainly, that description would apply to anti-war activists, who attempt to seize every opportunity to vent their hatred of our military and President Bush. Such is the case in the town of Mill Valley, California, where the sacrifice of the brave and selfless in the defense of our nation is to be tarnished by the cowardly and selfish. On the morning of Memorial Day, the Marin Peace and Justice Coalition, protesting its exclusion...