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Ireland agreement under fire
October 11, 2002The Ulster Unionist Council’s decision to bow before the party’s rejectionist wing and fire a missile into the heart of the 1998 British-Irish Good Friday agreement, while disappointing for supporters of the deal, can hardly be...
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The costs of war
October 11, 2002Back when the first Gulf War was being debated, I gave a speech at an anti-war rally in Charleston, Illinois. A university student interrupted to heckle. I stopped and looked at him: “You look like you...
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World War II vet testifies against Bushs Iraq war
October 11, 2002The following are excerpts from remarks to a town hall meeting at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Sept. 30. Gilman, a highly decorated U.S. Army veteran, began his remarks by explaining his experiences in World War...
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The battle for New Jersey
October 11, 2002New Jersey voters had good news last week. The good news was that Robert Torricelli, one of the worst Democratic Senators in the Northeast, had dropped his reelection bid. Besides having a record of aggressively supporting...
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The upside-down world of Baby Boy Bush
October 11, 2002Bush the Younger needs some elementary grammar lessons. Words such as “may,” “possibly,” “could,” “might,” “suspect,” are all conditional words, indicating some uncertainty or lack of proof for whatever is being asserted. For example, when he...
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