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Obama admin. comes out swinging on stimulus plan
February 6, 2009GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Countering Republican criticisms of its economic recovery package, the Obama administration asserted this week that its $800 billion plan meets high standards of economic necessity, transparency and cost-effectiveness. In a teleconference with...
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Lincoln and Darwin: Bicentennial for two great emancipators
February 6, 2009Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, has been much on our minds recently as Barack Obama moved into the White House. Exactly 200 years after Lincoln’s birth, Obama’s presidency is one fulfillment of the work Lincoln started....
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LETTERS February 14, 2009
February 6, 2009Print edition needed I must respectfully disagree with the letter of Michael Dollard (PWW 2/7-13) calling for the People’s Weekly World to abandon a print edition in favor of an expanded online edition. The PWW is...
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Not just a few rotten apples
February 6, 2009The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and other commentators have been having a field day with John Thain. Forced to resign last month as head of Merrill Lynch (recently merged with Bank of America) after word got...
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Seeger—at any age—is sheer inspiration
February 6, 2009Pete Seeger’s “At 89” presents new recordings by the inspirational artist and his personal reflections from a life’s work still in progress. For Seeger fans — and newcomers — it is all that you would expect:...
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