2009
WORLDNOTES
May 1, 2009UN: Morales ushers in Mother Earth Day The United Nation’s General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution, introduced by Bolivian President Evo Morales last week, designating April 22 as International Mother Earth Day. Morales told reporters that...
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Needed now: a national retirement security program
May 1, 2009An autoworker we know is facing the possible slashing of his General Motors pension, earned in decades of work. Even with the full pension and his Social Security check, this 79-year-old retiree can barely cover his...
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Politics of pandemic: Budget cuts and hog farms linked to swine flu outbreak
May 1, 2009WASHINGTON—As President Barack Obama received praise here for his quick response in declaring an “emergency” in the deadly swine flu outbreak, the politics of the pandemic began to emerge. At the insistence of Republican senators, $870...
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Specter haunting the GOP
April 29, 2009A specter is haunting the Republican Party. The specter of marginalization. Pennsylvania's Republican Sen. Arlen Specter triggered political shockwaves by announcing he is switching parties, and will run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary....
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100 days
April 29, 2009As we mark the first 100 days of the Obama presidency, it is still necessary to ask, “Is this real? Is the eight-year Bush nightmare really over?” The response, of course, is, “It’s real, but the...
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