Opinion
Letters: November 15, 2008
November 14, 2008Spartacus Just coincidentally, I had rented the DVD “Spartacus” from Netflix two weeks before the interview with Kirk Douglas reprinted in the People’s Weekly World (10/25-31). Aside from the wonderful articulation on the subject of the...
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Better late than never?
November 14, 2008The New York Times, BBC and numerous other news outlets reported last week that the Bush White House knew — and kept from the American people — that it was indeed Georgia’s U.S.-trained forces that started...
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EDITORIAL: Chinas bold move
November 14, 2008China, hit by the current global economic crisis, with some foreign-operated plants closing down, took immediate, emergency action. Its State Council approved a $586 billion public works program to build new low-cost homes, mass transit and...
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10 truisms of capitalism from the mouths of robber barons
November 13, 2008The callousness and greed of today’s bankers, financiers and corporate CEOs calls to mind the 19th century robber barons. Here’s a relevant sample of classic statements made by some of the worst U.S. capitalists in history.
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With Obama election, Fido asks: Can I get a bone?
November 13, 2008Hi all, I'm Fido, a friendly mutt from Chi-town. First things first: I wanna give a big bark out to all my dawgs up in the Animal Care and Control facility — they can't keep us...
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