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EDITORIAL: Sickest of the Sickos
August 24, 2007If anything should be a no-brainer for the world’s richest country, it is making sure all its children have basic health care. That’s part of securing our nation’s future, right? Wrong, says the Bush administration. In...
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EDITORIAL: The housing hurricane
August 24, 2007Two years ago, Hurricane Katrina caused tens of thousands of families to lose their homes. Last year, the home mortgage meltdown that is now sweeping the country took the homes of 800,000 families. This year, the...
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Mining black gold, and profits, from northern sands
August 24, 2007Imagine for a moment that you’re an American oil executive. You’re pondering the prospects for the next big oil strike overseas — and dreaming of a place where the government is stable and compliant, the royalties...
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Blindsided in Iraq
August 24, 2007Movie REVIEW No End in Sight Directed and produced by Charles Ferguson Magnolia Pictures, 2007 102 minutes The Iraq war statistics shown on screen at the end of Charles Ferguson’s’ debut documentary, “No End in Sight,”...
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A must-see play, union-made
August 24, 2007THEATER REVIEW Buried: The Sago Mine Disaster Written by Jerry Starr Music by Anne Feeney Directed by Dale Morris I recently attended a reading of “Buried: The Sago Mine Disaster” as part of the San Diego...
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