Analysis
Latin Americas new consensus
November 7, 2008When the Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz said the great tragedy of Mexico was that it was so far from God and so close to the United States, the comment summed up the long and tortured relationship...
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Letters – November 8, 2008
November 7, 2008A night to remember Last night, among a couple thousand union reps, Dems, and a cross-section of our state, I watched our governor, Tim Kaine, newly elected junior Sen. Mark Warner, Sen. Jim Webb and Doris...
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EDITORIAL: Dawn of a new era
November 7, 2008A seismic shift, a watershed moment, an electoral landslide or the dawn of a new era. No matter what the turn of phrase, Nov. 4, 2008, will go down in the history books as the beginning...
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OPINION: 10 things to consider in the voting booth
November 4, 20081. The world is quite likely on the brink of a global depression. “Free market” economic policies are the key to understanding this crisis. Barack Obama has rejected these policies. John McCain now blames individuals, greedy...
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Letters: November 1, 2008
November 1, 2008Redistribution? That’s capitalism! John McCain and Sarah Palin are giving socialism a bad name! They describe socialism as a system to redistribute the wealth. Give me a break! It’s capitalism that has redistributed more wealth than...
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