Stupid White Men-- and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! - Michael Moore [116]
Read more about Kim Jong Il’s exploits in Time Asia, “Kim Jong Il: Asian of the Year,” Anthony Spaeth, December 25, 2000; Journal of InternationalAflairs, “The Kim is Dead! Long Live the Kim!,” U.S. News & World Report, “A Not-So-Kooky Kind of Guy,” Thomas Omestad and Warren P. Strobel, November 6, 2000; the New Republic, “North Korea Opens Up,” by Peter Maass, June 12, 2000; Spring 2001; Associated Press, “North Korea’s Monster Movie Flops in South Korean Theaters,” July 28, 2000; Reuters, “South Korea Media Chiefs to Meet North’s Kim Jong Il,” August 6, 2000; www.CNN.com, “In-Depth Specials: Kim Jong Il: ‘Dear Leader’ or demon?”
Chapter 9—One Big Happy Prison
Reports of John Adams’s death were covered in the Tennessean newspaper, October, 2000. Information about Koch Industries came from the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, “Federal Charges Against Koch Industries Cut to Nine,” Michael Hines, January 12, 2001; Associated Press, “Government’s Case Against Koch Industries Shrinks Again,” March 18, 2001; Associated Press, “Texas Pipeline Company to Pay $20 million fine,” Suzanne Gamboa, April 9, 2001; the Washington Post, “Oil company Agrees to Pay $20 Million in Fines; Koch Allegedly Hid Releases of Benzene,” Dan Eggen, April 10, 2001; Houston Chronicle, “Koch Slapped with Big Penalty; Guilty of Pollution Violation,” James Pinkerton, April 10, 2001; Fort Worth Star-Telegram, “Oil Company Settles Charges,” Neil Strassman, April 10, 2001.
Information about Anthony Lemar Taylor’s story comes from the following articles: the Orange County Register, “DMV Can’t Catch Tiger by His ID,” Kimberly Kindy, December 20, 2000; Sacramento
Bee, “Woods ID Thief Gets 200-to-Life,” Ramon Coronado, April 28, 2001.
The Kerry Sanders case was documented in a New York Times article, “My Name is Not Robert,” Benjamin Weiser, August 6, 2000.
The students at Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, led by Professor David Protess, continue to investigate death penalty cases and were featured in the June 21, 2001, episode of CBS’s 48 Hours.
The study of error rates in death penalty cases is “A Broken System: Error Rates in Capital Cases, 1973-1995,” James S. Liebman, Jeffrey Fagan, and Valerie West, June 12, 2000; and was reported in the New York Times, “Death Sentences Being Overturned in 2 of 3 Appeals,” Fox Butterfield, June 12, 2000.
The Death Penalty Information Center compiled statistics and information on the United States use of the death penalty on juveniles and the mentally retarded.
Polls measuring public support of the death penalty are published in the Washington Post, “Support for Death Penalty Eases; McVeigh’s Execution Approved, While Principle Splits Public,” Richard Morin, Claudia Deane, May 3, 2001; and the Houston Chronicle: “Harris County Is a Pipeline to Death Row,” Allan Turner, February 4, “Complication; DNA, Retardation Problems for Death Penalty,” by the Chronicle staff, February 6, “A Deadly Distinction,” Mike Tolson, February 7, 2001
Chapter 10—Democrats, DOA
For more information about Clinton’s history on faith-based charitable organizations: New York Times, “Filter Aid to Poor Through Churches, Bush Urges,” Adam Clymer, July 23, 1999. On federal crimes and the death penalty: Bill Clinton, Between Hope and History (Random House), 1996, p. 80., On gay marriages: Washington Post, “Clinton Ad Touting Defense of Marriage is Pulled,” Howard Kurtz, October 17, 1996; and Washington Post, “Ad on Christian Radio Touts Clinton’s Stands,” Howard Kurtz, October 15, 1996. On welfare: New York Times, “A War on Poverty Subtly Linked to Race,” Jason DeParle and Steven A.
Holmes, December 26, 2 000. On teen-age parents and welfare and adoption tax credit: Minnesota