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Defeat the GOP to stop their anti-immigrant drive
November 3, 2006Supporters of immigrants’ rights, who showed their strength by the mass marches during the spring, have mobilized to end the Republican right’s stranglehold on Congress and state governments in the elections this week. In this, they...
Read moreThe Tigers and the spirit of Detroit
November 3, 2006They came so close, and for most Detroiters that was more than enough — and we did beat the Yankees, to the delight of all but a small section of lower New York. Ordonez, Monroe, Casey,...
Read moreLETTERS
November 3, 2006It’s that simple The Associated Press reported on Oct. 27 that former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, one of the most listened-to economists of all time, lightly dismissed the Republican furor over the Social Security “crisis.”...
Read moreEDITORIAL: Global warming: act now
November 3, 2006A new British government study considered the most comprehensive review on the economic impact of global warming says “staying the course” will have dire consequences for human social and economic activity. At the same time, it...
Read moreEDITORIAL: Your vote matters!
November 3, 2006To the credit of the American people — and despite all the Bush administration/Repub-lican efforts at intimidation, threats, lies, spin and mudslinging — polls have shown the Bush Republicans in a free fall. In this highly...
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