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Testing: the false god
March 12, 2004Opinion Recently the superintendent of schools for our state dropped in to have educators in our region take our new state graduation test. The intent, we are told, was to “demystify the tests.” While she was...
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Mercury risk rising
March 12, 2004Opinions I’d like you to meet a young family: Angela, Jerry, and their little girl Becky. Angela cares about her family’s health and tries to provide them with a healthy diet, including fresh fish a couple...
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Letters
March 12, 2004Patriotism & the left reloaded While I enjoyed reading both Emil Shaw’s article “Patriotism and the left” (PWW 1/31-2/6) and Adam Minsky’s Letter to the Editor regarding it (PWW 2/14-20), I’m afraid I must register an...
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Editorials
March 12, 2004White House lies won’t wash George W. Bush is running as a “war president” but his credibility is being tested. Bush agreed to only an hour of questioning from the 9/11 Commission set up to investigate...
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The rural movement to oust Bush
March 12, 2004There’s more than bridges in Madison County WINTERSET, Iowa – With its fertile pastures, meandering streams and quaint covered bridges, Madison County, Iowa, has become a symbol of rural America. The handsome farms with overflowing corncribs...
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