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The 2008 Presidential Horserace

NEW BACKYARD DEMOCRACY: Sometimes the fiercest political competition can serve as a catalyst for political reconciliation.
huffingtonpost.com and commondreams.org, April 24, 2008

Super Tuesday: Where's the Candidate That Represents Me?
www.alternet.org, February 5, 2008

Voting Your Conscience
AUDIO Appearance on KPFK, Pacifica Radio for Southern California, "The Insighters" with Maria Armoudian, January 31, 2008. (Tad appears near the end of the program starting at 51:30)

For Progressives in 2008,
Gore's the One
www.alternet.org, June 28, 2007
Please note: the opinions in this essay are the author's own; they do not represent any organizations with which Dr. Daley is or has been affiliated.

United Nations Reform

Reinventing the United Nations
The Foreign Service Journal, September 2006, www.afsa.org

Deck Chairs on the Titanic
www.alternet.org, December 23, 2004

Reinventing the UN in a Globalized World
VIDEO of presentation given November 4, 2004, as part of the Globalization Lecture Series at the International House, UC Berkeley

Imagine a World Without War
VIDEO Compiled excerpts from Tad's presentation at the annual meeting of Citizens for Global Solutions in October of 2007.

 
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Ending the Nuclear Danger Forever

Iran, Egypt, and America's Continuing Nuclear Hypocrisy
This piece appeared the week of November 9th, 2007 on AlterNet.org, AntiWar.com, and was reprinted in the November 12, 2007, Op-Ed page of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Watered Down Terror
This Piece Appeared During the Week of August 20-27, 2006 on truthdig.com, huffingtonpost.com, and commondreams.org.

Nuclear Proliferation:
One Cheer for Kerry
This piece appeared the week before the November 2004 election on www.pdamerica.org and www.wagingpeace.org.

Is George Bush Starting
the Cold War Again?
The Global Beat Syndicate, April 19, 2004

America's Nuclear Hypocrisy
The International Herald Tribune, 10/21/02
The Miami Herald Sunday Opinion Section, October 20, 2002

Halting a Thousand Suns
The United Nations Chronicle, Fall 2000

Addressing the Cold War's
Unfinished Business
co-authored by
Alan Cranston and Tad Daley
Los Angeles Times OpEd, June 4, 2000

Iran's Nuclear Ambitions,
Our Nuclear Realities

We Still Have A President ...
and He Still May Start Another War
AUDIO Half-hour interview broadcast on KPFK, Pacifica Radio for Southern California, "Middle East in Focus with Don Bustany," February 6th, 2008.

Progressive Solutions to the Iran Problem
AUDIO Appearance on KPFK, Pacifica Radio for Southern California, "Connect the Dots" with Lila Garrett, December 17, 2007. (Tad's segment begins at 18:20.)

Solving the Iran Crisis Without War
VIDEO of presentation given as part of the Globalization Lecture Series at International House, UC Berkeley, September 2007.

What Would You Do If You Were Iran?
In March of 2007, this piece was featured in truthdig.com, commondreams.org, antiwar.com, and trueblueliberal.org.

America and Iran: Three Nuclear Ironies
Earlier versions of this essay appeared in the July/August 2006 issue of TIKKUN MAGAZINE, the June 29, 2006 edition of COMMONDREAMS.ORG, and the July 7, 2006 edition of TRUTHDIG.COM

The Peace Movement's Plan for Iran
This Piece Appeared During the First Week of March 2006 on alternet.org, antiwar.com, and commondreams.org and was co-written by
Tad Daley, Jodie Evans, and Mimi Kennedy

The Me Too Club
This piece appeared on www.commondreams.org on
May 30, 2005.

Why Shouldn't Iran Seek Nuclear Weapons?
Various Versions of This Essay Appeared Between June 18th and June 30th in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, www.commondreams.org, and www.inthenationalinterest.com

Ending Genocide Forever

A Picture of Heroism,
A Picture of Hate
The Forward, the national Jewish newspaper, August 19-21, 2005

Rescuing Ourselves Redux
Soujourners Magazine, Sept/Oct 2003

Who Will Prevent the Ivory Coast From Becoming the Next Rwanda?
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists,
May/June 2003

Rescuing Ourselves
Los Angeles Times,
December 10, 2001

Dennis Kucinich 2004 Presidential Campaign

There is Only Us:
The Dennis Kucinich Vision for Enduring World Peace
The National Interest Magazine, March 11, 2004

Top 10 Responses to "I Love Kucinich -- But He Can't Win"
CommonDreams.org, January 26, 2004

Tad's Congressional campaign

Platform

Final Report

Why I ran

Endorsements

An Alternative Presidential Inaugural Address

Link to text of Alternative Presidential Inaugural Address
as it appeared on www.commondreams.org
on January 20, 2005.

Preventing Another 9-11

Report from Ground Zero
Tad was in New York on 9/11/01, and served as a "bucket brigade" volunteer at Ground Zero.
These are his tales from that time.
Versions of this essay have appeared in The Tidings (Southern California's Catholic weekly newsletter), September 6, 2002 and in the Pasadena Star News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Whittier Daily News on Sunday, September 8, 2002

Are the "Osama" tapes conclusive evidence?
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 2, 2002

War vs. Crime?
LA Daily Journal (legal newspaper), January 23, 2002

Prove It, Mr. President
The Humanist Magazine, May/June 2002

Humanity's Future in Space

Why Progressives Should Care About Human Destiny in Space
AlterNet.org, August 11, 2007
NOTE: a condensed version of this essay also ran in the Philadelphia Inquirer on August 8, 2007.

Choosing a Flag to Unite a Planet
International Herald Tribune, January 29, 2004

Appearances

Dr. Daley is available for media appearances and public speaking about many of the topics highlit on these pages. For more information, please contact him at tad@daleyplanet.org.

Tad Daley is a political author, an international policy analyst, and an activist for enduring world peace. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in international studies, a Ph.D. in public policy analysis ... and a law degree to fall back on if neocon Republicans stay in power forever. He's served as a political advisor to Congresswoman Diane Watson (D-Cal, 2001-Present), the late U.S. Senator Alan Cranston (D-Cal, 1969-1993), and Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio, 1997-Present). He ran for U.S. Congress himself in a 2001 special election to represent mid-city Los Angeles. He spent many years at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, the world's oldest and largest think tank. He focuses his research, writing, and advocacy on abolishing nuclear weapons, ending genocide forever, and reinventing the United Nations. He's published about 75 newspaper, magazine, and journal articles on positive future visions and the politics of hope. He's a dynamic public speaker and is presently serving as a Writing Fellow for International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, winner of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.

Tad's observations of participating in the LA Marathon as a cyclist.