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  • Capitalism at $3 a gallon

    Capitalism at $3 a gallon

    October 7, 2005 By Norman Markowitz

    After the New Orleans disaster, gas prices skyrocketed in a matter of days, shooting well over $3 a gallon everywhere in the U.S. While the prices have begun to come down somewhat, they are still substantially...

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  • My son has gone to Iraq

    My son has gone to Iraq

    October 7, 2005

    Last week, my son left the United States for Iraq. I yelled at him, I cried, and did everything I swore I would not do on our last visit. I can hardly mention the subject without...

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  • Letters

    Letters

    October 7, 2005

    Time has long since come The American nation is plummeting into an abysmal crevasse of political, social and economic deterioration as a result of the Bush administration’s ineptitude and the American people’s submission to it. Time...

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  • Editorial: Torture authorized at the top

    Editorial: Torture authorized at the top

    October 7, 2005

    A collective sigh of relief must have rippled through the Pentagon and the White House Sept. 26 when 22-year old Army Private Lynndie England was convicted and sentenced for her despicable torture of detainees at Iraq’s...

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  • Editorial: A racist, genocidal regime

    Editorial: A racist, genocidal regime

    October 7, 2005

    Speaking of the Bush administration’s lackadaisical response to Hurricane Katrina and the misery inflicted on the people of the Gulf Coast, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) recently commented, “The system devalues human lives.” We now know just...

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