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Mother’s Day Proclamation of 1870

May 9, 2003 By World Combined Sources

Each year, every president since Woodrow Wilson has issued a Mother’s Day Proclamation. However, the original Mother’s Day Proclamation was made in 1870, unrelated to the holiday. Written by Julia Ward Howe, perhaps best known today...

Bebel Gilberto sings

May 9, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Music review: Bebel Gilberto sings De Tarde, Vendo O Mar, The Sound of Brazil (Evolver)

King Coal: Revisited

May 9, 2003

BOOK REVIEWCoal: A Human History, By Barbara Freese, Perseus Publishing, 308 pages Coal is an absorbing and well-written book. Most of us don’t think of coal as a mover and shaker of history. This is not...

Extended unemployment benefits to expire May 31

May 9, 2003

Sad to say, the fact that the official unemployment rate jumped from 5.8 percent in March to 6.0 percent in April is not the most troubling statistic in the Labor Department’s April unemployment report. Even more...

Texas House takes aim at worker benefits

May 9, 2003

AUSTIN – When the Texas House of Representatives passed HB 2292 on April 25, the stark vision of what compassionate conservatism looks like came more sharply into focus: fewer social services that are more difficult for...