Opinion
Calif.s most vulnerable in peril with state budget still in limbo
August 30, 2008If California’s budget, now stalled since July 1, isn’t resolved by the end of the Labor Day holiday, it will set a dismal new record. In the longest previous delay, a budget was finally passed on...
Read moreRailroading immigrants and the Constitution
August 29, 2008Federal immigration officials swept into Postville, Iowa, in May and detained nearly 400 workers at a kosher meat processing plant. Swiftly, local enforcement and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency arrested, charged with crimes, extracted...
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August 29, 2008Fighting for single payer Re single payer: I think one of our biggest problems is in the way we are pushing it. We tend to approach more progressive elements, and concentrate on organizations we think will...
Read moreEditorial: Swifter, higher, stronger
August 29, 2008The Olympic motto “Citius, Altius, Fortius” (Swifter, Higher, Stronger) was never so dramatically enacted as during the 29th Olympiad in Beijing these past two weeks. We watched in awe as U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won eight...
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August 22, 2008Georgia-Russia-South Ossetia Re: “An August surprise, Georgia-Russia conflict explodes on world scene.” Russia, like the United States, is an aggressor. Until South Ossetia is officially no longer part of Georgia, neither the U.S. nor Russia should...
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