Sherwood Ross has worked as a publicist for Chicago; as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News and workplace columnist for Reuters. He has also been a media consultant to colleges, law schools, labor unions, and to the editors of more than 100 national magazines. A civil rights activist, he was News Director for the National Urban League, a talk show host at WOL Radio, Washington, D.C., and holds an award for "best spot news coverage" for Chicago radio stations for civil rights reporting. He is the author "Gruening of Alaska,"(Best Books)and several plays about Japan during World War II, including "Baron Jiro," and "Yamamoto's Decision," read at the National Press Club, where he is a member. His favorite quotations are from the Sermon on The Mount.
95 comments
Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 8:24:08 AM
Article: "Head off Future Massacres By Curbing Bullying, Psychologist"
Reply to Patricia
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 10:25:54 AM
Article: "How Jack Goldsmith Gave Torture Green Light"
Too bad
Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 12:54:11 PM
Article: "Fluoride Lowers IQ, Studies Show"
Why Chicago Bears quarterbacks call dumb plays.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 2:46:04 PM
Article: "Is America Fascist?"
Not even Dennis Kucinich?
Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 10:01:33 PM
Article: "Hiroshima, Nagasaki, USA Terrorism and JC: Part 1"
Hey, those firebombings were illegal, too!
Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 12:38:17 PM
Article: "Is America Fascist?"
Bush Broke 850 Laws
Monday, July 28, 2008 at 9:19:21 AM
Article: "Keith Olbermann: Crazy Like a Fox?"
Ms. Lang
Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 6:53:58 AM
Article: "STOP WAR ON IRAN RALLIES AUGUST 2-3"
On Throwing Stones
Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 7:22:32 AM
Article: "Democratic Trends Globally Favoring Women's Rights"
Thanks for your thoughtful comment
Friday, July 18, 2008 at 10:27:48 PM
Article: "Bush Threats Vs. Iran Driving Up Oil Prices"
Sad, ain't it?
Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 4:22:19 PM
Article: "Some 140 Federal & State Officials Could Prosecute Bush For"
Come to think of it...
Friday, July 11, 2008 at 8:46:37 PM
Article: "6,700 Tons of Contaminated Sand Shipped From Kuwait to Boise"
I doubt it.
Friday, July 11, 2008 at 11:02:03 AM
Article: "6,700 Tons of Contaminated Sand Shipped From Kuwait to Boise"
Very funny but impeachment is preferable to revenge
Friday, July 11, 2008 at 2:48:46 AM
Article: "6,700 Tons of Contaminated Sand Shipped From Kuwait to Boise"
Thanks for sending this article around!
Monday, July 7, 2008 at 6:56:47 PM
Article: "What Military-Industrial Complex?"
yes, but
Monday, July 7, 2008 at 2:04:53 PM
Article: "What Military-Industrial Complex?"
House of War is indeed a "must read"
Monday, July 7, 2008 at 1:47:32 PM
Quicklink: "Bush-Cheney Crony Got Iraq Oil Deal"
Sheila Samples, What a Great Job of Reporting!
Friday, July 4, 2008 at 9:33:06 AM
Diary: "Please Comment:: A Conversation about Raising the Quality of"
Anger? Hell, we're all Angry as Hell
Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 11:37:42 AM
Article: "President Supposed To Be "Presider," Not "Decider""
Public unwilling to make Congress do its job to impeach.
Monday, May 19, 2008 at 11:02:26 AM
Quicklink: "60 Minutes: The List: A Mission To Save Iraqi Lives"
60 Minutes Provided Great Public Service
Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 1:53:44 PM
Article: "Obama Campaign Should Run People Ads"
Excellent idea.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 8:40:47 PM
Article: "Involuntary Drugging of US Detainees: A Crisis for the Healt"
Has Bush Been Influenced by the Communists?
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 3:48:58 PM
Article: "Obama's Error--and What It Would Really Take to Rectify It"
Obama's Support From Progressive Believers Is Substantial
Monday, April 7, 2008 at 10:07:28 PM
Article: "Bush Arms Buildup Rivals Hitler and Stalin"
Reply to Joe Reeser
Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 10:11:21 PM
Article: "Bush Arms Buildup Rivals Hitler and Stalin"
Reply to WML
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 1:55:57 PM
Article: "Russians, Saudis Expect U.S. Attack On Iran"
PCR's warning
Friday, March 28, 2008 at 6:34:19 PM
Article: "Bush Is "Biggest Thug" Ever To Occupy White House, Historia"
Thanks, and you're right
Monday, March 17, 2008 at 3:29:20 PM
Article: "Abu Ghraib Prisoners Immersed In Ice Water-Filled Garbage Ca"
Your comments
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 8:10:20 PM
Article: "A Little "PR" Advice For Senator Obama"
Response to your letter.
Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 10:31:45 PM
Article: "A Little "PR" Advice For Senator Obama"
Reply to reader
Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 9:20:32 AM
Article: "Campaign 2008: The Things They Won't Discuss"
What Candidates Don't Tell Us
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 8:05:41 AM
Article: "Once Colored by Mike Royko, Chicago Newspapers Now Shaped by"
Chicago Journalism Slide No Exception To Rule
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 10:46:20 AM
Article: "Singable Parody re Bush Attack on Iran"
New musical web site?
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 3:36:04 PM
Article: "Who gave Israel and Pakistan The Bomb? "The Rosenbergs did"
How Israel Got The Bomb
Monday, January 7, 2008 at 4:50:32 PM
Article: "Anthrax-The biggest smoking gun of all?"
Why haven't perps of anthrax attack ever been apprehended?
Monday, December 3, 2007 at 12:19:17 PM
Article: "When Fox's O'Reilly And Ingraham Attack Others As Nuts, They"
O'Reilly's comments
Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 9:27:38 AM
Article: "US Asserts Right to Kidnap Anyone in the World"
Extraordinary Rendition
Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 5:04:55 PM
Article: "Joseph Campbell, Giraffes and the Holy Fool Heroes Who Save"
About Ann Medlock
Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 10:00:05 PM
Article: ""We Are Living Through Another Hiroshima," Iraq Doctor Says"
With appreciation for your efforts
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 4:07:52 PM
Article: ""We Are Living Through Another Hiroshima," Iraq Doctor Says"
Reply to Reader Murphy from Sherwood Ross
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 4:54:38 PM
Article: "Radioactive Ammunition Fired in Middle East May Claim More L"
Leuren Moret's Letter
Monday, November 19, 2007 at 9:45:59 PM
Article: "Radioactive Ammunition Fired in Middle East May Claim More L"
Deaths from Radiation Sickness
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 7:47:00 PM
Article: "Bush To Be Pursued Legally After Leaving White House"
Holding Your Breath and Waterboarding
Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 9:27:42 AM
Article: "During Vote on Kucinich Impeachment Bill, C-SPAN Has the Bil"
Kucinich impeachment bill
Monday, October 15, 2007 at 7:27:09 PM
Article: "Necks Out, Chins Up"
Thank you for your article
Monday, October 15, 2007 at 7:26:56 PM
Article: "Necks Out, Chins Up"
Thank you for your article
Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 8:41:10 AM
Article: "Many Americans Don't Realize Iraq War Is Illegal"
Wars R Us
Sunday, October 7, 2007 at 4:32:40 PM
Article: "FBI Puts Antiwar Protesters on Criminal Database; Canada Use"
Don't Expect Justice From, or Asylum In, Canada
Saturday, October 6, 2007 at 5:10:23 PM
Article: "Bush Steps Up Iran Attack Plans"
Impeach the madman?
Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 10:42:24 AM
Article: "No Ghetto Pass For O'Reilly"
O'Reilly
Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 10:28:19 AM
Article: "How Powerful is Jewish Lobby in the U.S?"
Jewish Lobby
Monday, September 24, 2007 at 9:45:59 AM
Article: "Peace and Hillary Clinton"
Senator Clinton
Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 12:13:12 PM
Article: "UN Hits Israeli Crackdown on Palestinian Civilians"
Israel
Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 10:26:19 AM
Quicklink: "Kissinger Admits Iran Attack Is About Oil"
Iran Oil Grab
Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 11:28:17 AM
Article: "A Conservative's Garden of False Narratives: Who are you cal"
Thanks for your article.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 10:30:51 AM
Article: "Machinery In Place For Dictatorship in America"
Cheney is a Texan
Monday, September 10, 2007 at 12:07:04 AM
Article: "Machinery In Place For Dictatorship in America"
Right on the Mark
Friday, September 7, 2007 at 10:05:06 AM
Article: "Darfur, Iraq, Conflicts, Show Need to Strengthen UN"
UN Reform
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at 11:07:44 AM
Article: "Bush Restricts Travel Rights of More Than 100,000"
Protest opening of your mail!
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at 11:00:07 AM
Article: "Bush Restricts Travel Rights of More Than 100,000"
Attacks on America Understandable But Repugnant
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at 10:11:26 AM
Article: "Bush Restricts Travel Rights of More Than 100,000"
Bush Doesn't Need To Answer You
Monday, September 3, 2007 at 11:00:24 PM
Article: "Bush Restricts Travel Rights of More Than 100,000"
100,000 American suspects?
Saturday, July 28, 2007 at 4:39:48 PM
Article: "600 Disappeared by Pakistani Security"
Pakistan IS in the hands of extremists.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at 6:48:29 AM
Article: "Barack Obama's Nuclear Ambitions"
Senator Obama
Monday, July 9, 2007 at 4:51:28 PM
Article: "Now the U.S. military is assassinating Iraqi peace workers"
Thank you for your article
Monday, July 9, 2007 at 2:37:00 PM
Article: "Karzai, Bush Pledges to Cut Poppy Crop Turn Out to be Pipe D"
Afghan Poppy Crop
Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 12:00:59 PM
Article: "Parasitic Imperialism"
Parasitic Imperialism
Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 8:20:11 PM
Article: "Texas A&M Conceals Another Biowarfare Accident"
CDC Cracks Down on Texas A&M
Friday, June 29, 2007 at 10:40:26 AM
Article: "Why Not Assassinate?"
Assassination of Cheney
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 8:34:37 PM
Article: "Why Don't Bill Richardson's Ties To Kissinger Appear On his"
Reply to Don't Vote
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 1:02:13 PM
Quicklink: "Could Pakistan fall to extremists?"
Pakistan IS in the hands of extremists.
Saturday, June 16, 2007 at 1:58:37 PM
Article: "More US Personnel Killed in Iraq than Reported"
On deaths of military contractors
Sunday, June 10, 2007 at 8:01:21 AM
Article: "Was General Pace Fired Because He Balked at Iran"
General Pace
Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 11:00:33 PM
Article: "Bush Running Kidnapping Ring; 39 More "Disappeared" Suspects"
Number of Extraordinary Renditions
Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 4:01:08 PM
Article: "Bush Running Kidnapping Ring; 39 More "Disappeared" Suspects"
How to respond to aggression
Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 10:18:30 AM
Article: "Political Science 101: the woes of the US presidential syst"
U.S. Could Use Parliamentary System
Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 10:46:32 AM
Article: "So-Called Liberal Answers His Death Threats"
Reply
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 2:01:04 PM
Article: "Virginia Tech, George Bush & Iraq"
Re Ross column on VA Tech and Bush
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 10:15:47 AM
Article: "Virginia Tech, George Bush & Iraq"
Bush, Iraq, and Virginia Tech
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 8:09:05 PM
Article: "RAPE OF IRAQI WOMEN BYPRODUCT OF MILITARISM"
Rape
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 12:05:41 PM
Article: "IMUS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG"
Imus "'ho"-down Likely Calculated
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 9:54:11 AM
Article: "Congress Must Cut Off Bush Family War Profits"
great job
Thursday, April 5, 2007 at 7:17:16 AM
Article: "A Christian nation?"
Good job. Have a glorious Easter.
Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 6:23:32 AM
Article: "Is the VA Really Supporting Our Troops?"
VA Treatment of Vets
Friday, March 23, 2007 at 2:40:22 PM
Article: "If You Want To Know Why We Keep Fighting Wars, Look No Furth"
Higher Education Will Open Southern Eyes
Monday, March 5, 2007 at 9:49:48 PM
Article: "Do Bush's Subsequent Crimes Suggest Complicity In 9/11?"
Charge that FDR allowed Pearl Harbor attack dubious
Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 9:25:29 AM
Article: "Bush Cutbacks VA Hospitals But Praised Walter Reed"
Your comments about stoning Bush
Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 9:09:03 PM
Article: "A Review of Chalmers Johnson's Nemesis - The Last Days of th"
Chalmers Johnson Does It Again
Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 9:08:34 PM
Article: "A Review of Chalmers Johnson's Nemesis - The Last Days of th"
Chalmers Johnson Does It Again
Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 6:37:12 AM
Article: "Only Nonviolence Will End The War"
Only Nonviolence Will End The War
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 9:55:15 AM
Article: "America! If You Will Not Impeach This Tyrant Who Will You Im"
Reply
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 7:28:10 AM
Article: "America! If You Will Not Impeach This Tyrant Who Will You Im"
Your comment on impeachment call
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 7:21:33 AM
Article: "America! If You Will Not Impeach This Tyrant Who Will You Im"
your comment on OpEdNews column on impeachment
Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 11:14:21 AM
Article: "...And by the way, It was about Oil"
Your OpEdNews column
Monday, January 15, 2007 at 5:37:33 PM
Article: "Can Hugo Chavez Beat The Devil?"
Chavez