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Helvi Savola, Communist leader, 91

January 12, 2007

Longtime political activist and Communist Helvi Savola died at the age of 91 on Nov. 20 in Wausau, Wis. She had lived in Wausau since 2000, after retiring from many years of leadership in the Minnesota/Dakotas...

The truth about Gerald Ford: he was no uniter

January 12, 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...

LETTERS

January 12, 2007

Costs of the war An Associated Press web story reported that the U.S. expects to spend $170,000,000,000 (that’s $170 billion!) on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the coming year. I began to try to...

EDITORIAL: Saddam Husseins execution

January 12, 2007

The execution of Saddam Hussein was a crude, bizarre spectacle, following a deeply flawed trial process interrupted before this mass murderer’s crimes, and the ugly role of the U.S. in aiding him, could be laid bare...

EDITORIAL: The Dream is alive

January 12, 2007

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a movement based in the African American working class, which through its dedication to democracy, equality and economic justice, shook and transformed our country. King met with heads of state,...