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  • Faith-based emergency preparedness

    Faith-based emergency preparedness

    May 18, 2007

    With Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the Walter Reed hospital scandal — maybe you thought that the incompetence of the White House had bottomed out. But ... here comes another embarrassment bubbling to the surface. While the...

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  • About those gas prices

    About those gas prices

    May 18, 2007

    The most recent round of exorbitant gasoline price hikes is hurting working Americans directly in the pocketbook and indirectly by feeding inflation. It is high time to seek alternatives. We cannot overestimate the danger posed by...

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  • Harlem on my mind

    Harlem on my mind

    May 18, 2007

    In this historic center of African American cultural life, Harlem, the main issue today is the lack of affordable housing. Right now in Harlem, the prices of all forms of housing — from public projects to...

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  • EDITORIAL: Scoundrel time

    EDITORIAL: Scoundrel time

    May 18, 2007

    Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee May 15 that he, as well as then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller and other senior Justice Department officials, threatened to resign en...

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  • Release of terrorist Posada sparks outrage

    Release of terrorist Posada sparks outrage

    May 18, 2007

    On May 8, Federal Judge Kathleen Carbone cancelled the trial of Luis Posada Carriles on immigration fraud, set for May 11 in El Paso, Texas. She ruled that the government’s handling of the case had major...

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