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Remembering workers killed on the job
April 8, 2005Commentary It is only a misdemeanor to kill a worker by willfully violating safety laws. The maximum sentence is six months in jail. The recent killing of 15 refinery workers and the injury of more than...
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Editorials
April 8, 2005After Pope John Paul II Millions around the globe are mourning the passing of Pope John Paul II. World leaders traveled to the Vatican for his funeral and messages of sorrow came from nations as diverse...
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Letters
April 8, 2005Can’t be trusted No matter how hard he tries, no matter how well orchestrated his backdrop, G.W. Bush just can’t seem to connect anymore with the American people in a way that they’ll trust him, at...
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Battle over evolution
April 8, 2005“Scientific creationism” came on the scene when the Christian right reared its ugly head in the 1984 Reagan campaign. It was part of the effort by ultra-right ruling class elements to whip up a backlash against...
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My day on Capitol Hill with Gladys Marin
April 8, 2005The death of Chilean Communist Party leader Gladys Marin at age 63 brought back memories of a day in 1974 that I spent with her and her interpreter on Capitol Hill visiting the offices of senators...
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