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Editorials
October 15, 2004Credibility gulch Some folks speculate that the mysterious bumps showing under the back of President Bush’s jacket during the first two debates were actually audio devices feeding debate lines to Bush. The White House says they...
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Cost of Iraq war: More than we can bear
October 15, 2004WASHINGTON — Oceans of red ink. Oceans of blood. Those grim phrases could be a subtitle of a just-released report on the soaring costs of the Iraq war. The document debunks George W. Bush’s claims that...
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Bush uses 9/11 for votes, neglects WTC responders
October 15, 2004The Center for Disease Control’s “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report” (MMWR) has issued the first official findings from its federally funded Mt. Sinai Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program concerning the health status of rescue and...
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Reader commentMilitary families on Interstate 35
October 15, 2004The Bush administration’s pretensions to represent anyone apart from its corporate cronies have never been further from reality. While Republican propagandists have toiled nonstop to dress Bush up as the clear presidential candidate for the military...
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A perfect storm on pensions
October 15, 2004In an earlier column on the crisis gripping state employee pension funds, I mistakenly gave some comfort to private sector workers by alluding to pension protections provided by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).
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