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  • Surveilling students: Same old, same old

    Surveilling students: Same old, same old

    July 4, 2002

    As an undergraduate at American University, I had the surprise of finding that the campus administration had handed over information on me to the South African embassy (I was a South African citizen at that time)....

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  • Letters

    Letters

    July 4, 2002

    Billions for Star Wars I spent a considerable part of today watching the Senate “debate” the amount of funding for “missile defense” in fiscal year 2003. The Senate is close to approving a $393 billion Defense...

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  • Editorials

    Editorials

    July 4, 2002

    Make the polluters pay President Bush’s decision to cut funding for the cleanup of several toxic waste dumps is a severe blow to working-class communities across the country. And it is, in all likelihood, a sentence...

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  • One nation, under socialist ideals … who would have thunk it?

    One nation, under socialist ideals … who would have thunk it?

    July 4, 2002

    As soon as I saw the ruling, I could see the headlines. It was a no-brainer. About as predictable as George W. calling everyone who doesn’t agree with him an “evil-doer.”

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  • The decline of the dollar

    The decline of the dollar

    July 4, 2002

    There is growing instability in global currency markets. Since February, the dollar has declined more than ten percent against both the euro and the yen. But it has risen sharply against the currencies of Mexico, Brazil...

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