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January 28, 2005Tsunamis and the Third World The Dan Margolis piece (PWW 1/15-21) describing the lost lives in the tsunami because of the lack of an early warning system is right on. There are other preventive measures that...
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January 28, 2005NEW ORLEANS: Marchers ‘mourn’ second term On Inauguration Day more than 1,500 people, mostly dressed in black, lined up behind a horse-drawn coffin carrying copies of the Patriot Act and the Constitution for a traditional New...
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January 21, 2005OPINION It was New Year’s Eve and I was looking back over my favorite headlines of 2004 when I found what just might be the best one. It’s not that it’s a deeply moving Oprah-style human...
Read moreSocial Security snow job
January 21, 2005OPINION Winter is here, and in keeping with the season the Republican White House is planning a carefully crafted campaign of obfuscation (i.e., a snow job!) in an effort to convince present and future retirees and...
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January 21, 2005OPINION Over the past four years we have seen a broad progressive movement emerge on a grand scale. Although it did not stop Bush on Nov. 2, this relatively new movement was able to deliver at...
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