Opinion
The Henry Louis Gates Jr Arrest: ‘Uppity’ in 2009
July 24, 2009The arrest of famed historian Henry Louis Gates by the Cambridge, Massachusetts police raises some important questions about what this country has been losing in terms of civil liberties and due process. Although I have no...
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Affirmative action a plus for all
July 24, 2009Affirmative action is a plus not just for African Americans, Latinos or women but for all workers. Portrayal of it as something that takes rights away from white workers and gives them to African American workers...
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EDITORIAL Wealthy vs. healthy
July 23, 2009The nation’s biggest banks are awash in profits. Wells Fargo reports second-quarter profits up 47 percent over a year ago. It raked in $2.58 billion, up from $1.75 billion for the same period last year. Citigroup...
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COMMENTARY Obama, my grandpa and health care
July 23, 2009My grandfather retired from Chrysler in the early 1980s. He was what we in the Midwest call a 'stand-up guy.' He worked hard and did his job, but he never took any crap from anybody, especially...
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LONESOME HOBO ECONOMICS Should the bankers be hanged?
July 22, 2009Should the bankers be hanged? Their reckless betting of other people's money turned a cyclical economic crisis into a near meltdown not seen since the Great Depression.
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