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  • The full-grown shrub is not a pretty sight

    The full-grown shrub is not a pretty sight

    January 23, 2004

    Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush’s America By Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose Random House, 2003 Hardcover, 347 pp., $24.95 First Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose looked at George W. Bush’s disastrous impact on Texas when...

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  • Farmers cant live on stoicism alone

    Farmers cant live on stoicism alone

    January 23, 2004

    Opinion One of the most enduring figures in American culture is the farmer as Rugged Individualist – sturdy, sunburned, standing proudly in fields among bounteous crops or herds. It’s an image found in the frontiersman of...

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  • On Bushs immigration reform

    On Bushs immigration reform

    January 23, 2004

    Opinion Now that President Bush has made his famous statement on how he is going to take care of the 8 to 12 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, the corporate media are emitting...

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  • Washington, not Miami, calls the shots on Cuba

    Washington, not Miami, calls the shots on Cuba

    January 23, 2004

    Opinion On Oct. 10, 2003, George W. Bush gave a Rose Garden rundown of a hard-line position on Cuba made even harder. It’s election time, and the prevailing wisdom is that the president is currying favor...

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  • Build unity to take back our country in 2004

    Build unity to take back our country in 2004

    January 23, 2004

    Opinion A consensus is forming that progress in meeting human needs in our country is impossible as long as George W. Bush remains in the White House and the extremist Republicans control all three branches of...

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