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  • The truth about Gerald Ford: he was no uniter

    The truth about Gerald Ford: he was no uniter

    January 4, 2007 By Tim Wheeler

    A fuzzy aura has been generated around Gerald Ford, 38th president of the United States, who died at age 93 on Dec. 26. He is hailed as a decent man, a “uniter,” who led the nation...

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  • Bringing democracy to Cuba: chocolate and perks

    Bringing democracy to Cuba: chocolate and perks

    December 23, 2006

    Between 1996 and 2005, the U.S. government handed out $75 million for exporting Washington’s version of democracy to Cuba. Because Cuba has laws against citizens taking money from hostile foreign powers, the funds, authorized by the...

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  • UN upholds rights of disabled

    UN upholds rights of disabled

    December 22, 2006

    UNITED NATIONS — The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the first human rights treaty of the 21st century, here Dec. 13. Outgoing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said through...

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  • Dangerous schemes

    Dangerous schemes

    December 22, 2006 By Norman Markowitz

    If I believed in conspiracies, I might say that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s rightist president, was a CIA agent, working to isolate his country from the civilized world and set the stage for a military attack on...

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  • Apocalypto is upon us

    Apocalypto is upon us

    December 22, 2006

    Mel Gibson’s “Apocalypto,” a movie about human sacrifice among the ancient Maya, premiered Dec. 1 at Chickasaw Nation’s Riverwind Casino amidst Hollywood-style hoopla. Oklahoma Indian actors have been wooed by director Mel Gibson and are about...

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