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  • EDITORIAL: Saying no to Bushs yes-man

    EDITORIAL: Saying no to Bushs yes-man

    June 15, 2007

    Ever since President Bush began to build his administration’s track record of undermining the U.S. Constitution and restricting Americans’ civil liberties, he has had a loyal yes-man and enabler, Alberto “Can’t Recall” Gonzales. First as White...

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  • EDITORIAL: Scoundrels refuge

    EDITORIAL: Scoundrels refuge

    June 15, 2007

    In the seventh year of his administration, George W. Bush has gained notoriety as perhaps the most hypocritical president in U.S. history. He did nothing to repair that sorry reputation in dedicating the “Victims of Communism”...

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  • Workers with rights, not guests who are slaves

    Workers with rights, not guests who are slaves

    June 15, 2007

    Growing up in western Texas as the daughter of cotton sharecroppers, I spent my summers weeding cotton, five days a week, 10 hours a day, in 95-degree heat. As grueling as this workload was, others had...

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  • Can we reindustrialize?

    Can we reindustrialize?

    June 15, 2007

    Last month Toyota surpassed General Motors as the world’s biggest automaker. It’s only the latest sign that U.S. manufacturing industry is in trouble. So is British manufacturing, according to a recent analysis by the Economic Committee...

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  • Bush campaigns to revive immigration bill

    Bush campaigns to revive immigration bill

    June 15, 2007

    In his June 9 national radio address, President Bush strongly endorsed the “Grand Bargain” immigration bill, S 1348, that stalled in the Senate, June 7, when just 45 of a necessary 60 senators were ready to...

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