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The Nuremberg trials: lessons for today
November 11, 2005In a web site devoted to history’s “famous trials,” law professor Douglas Lindner writes: “No trial provides a better basis for understanding the nature and causes of evil than do the Nuremberg trials from 1945 to...
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Editorial: On to 2006
November 11, 2005In the same hotel where California Gov. Arnold Schwarznegger held his 2003 election night party, the California Nurses Association danced in a conga line this Nov. 8 celebrating the ballot box spanking they helped give Schwarzenegger....
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Its time to honor Ben Davis
November 11, 2005The following is excerpted from a speech given at a tribute to the life of former New York City Councilman Benjamin J. Davis, held at New York’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on Oct....
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Bird flu on the wing
November 11, 2005Danger of pandemic is real, but technology exists to deal with it if sufficient resources are allocated A flu pandemic is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new influenza A virus appears in...
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Rove caught cheating in White House ethics class
November 11, 2005Top aide seen looking at Cheney’s paper during pop quiz Just days after President George W. Bush ordered the White House staff to take what was called a “refresher” course on ethics, his top aide Karl...
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