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San Jose, Calif., mayoral race hangs in balance
October 27, 2006With a poll earlier this month showing the candidates neck-and-neck, San Jose’s nonpartisan mayoral contest between City Councilmembers Cindy Chavez and Chuck Reed has become a real cliff-hanger. A poll Oct. 3-5 by the Survey and...
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The Founding Fathers views on church and state
October 27, 2006BOOK REVIEW Under the regime of the Republican right, an aggressive effort is under way to eliminate the separation between church and state. Some clearly aim for a theocracy. The right is fond of invoking the...
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A grave injustice
October 27, 2006On Sept. 23, some 700 people marched on the White House, demanding freedom for the so-called Cuban Five, and over the past few weeks, meetings have been held around the country with the same demand. This...
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LETTERS
October 27, 2006War questions Is it true if we withdraw troops from Iraq that Iraqis supporting the U.S. would be killed? Does that mean U.S. supporters are not being killed now, and that only Iraqis against the U.S....
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EDITORIAL: Health care on the agenda
October 27, 2006From door-knockers to phone bankers to families sitting around the kitchen table, pre-election conversation reflects a deep unease with the economy. With newspaper business sections reporting declining gasoline prices, low official unemployment and a skyrocketing stock...
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