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This Houston evacuee is angry
September 30, 2005My family and I decided to follow the evacuation recommendations issued by city officials for Houstonians, which was, “Move to higher ground.” We left at 5:30 a.m. on Sept. 22 in an effort to go to...
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Letters
September 30, 2005Disaster-dependent no more For President Bush, the disaster that is Hurricane Katrina puts “paid” to the idea that his administration is disaster-dependent. Four years ago, his failing presidency was saved by the 9/11 WTC disaster. With...
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Editorial: Hypocrisy on terrorism
September 30, 2005While the Bush administration talks tough on terrorism, it went to court to keep admitted terrorist murderer Luis Posada Carriles from being brought to justice. Posada Carriles, among other things, masterminded the 1976 bombing of a...
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Editorial: In defense of science
September 30, 2005Oral arguments began this week on a lawsuit by 11 parents in Dover, Pa., seeking to reverse the local school board’s decision to teach “intelligent design” in the system’s biology classes. The school board argues that...
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Mercury emissions expose extreme rights family values hypocrisy
September 30, 2005On Sept. 13 the U.S. Senate narrowly rejected a bipartisan resolution offered by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) that would have maintained a firm timetable for the reduction in mercury...
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