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EDITORIAL: Mortgaging our future
February 23, 2007It’s an oft-repeated truism: our children are our future. By that measure, however, our country could be heading for a pretty dismal time, according to a UNICEF report released earlier this month. Called “Report Card 7:...
Read moreEDITORIAL: History matters
February 23, 2007For casting a vote in the 1872 presidential election, women’s rights pioneer Susan B. Anthony was arrested, tried, convicted and fined $100 (which she never paid). In a famous 1873 speech to the court titled “On...
Read moreProfits up, but Chrysler cuts
February 23, 2007FENTON, Mo. — An autoworker who is a member of the Missouri Legislature says Chrysler’s announcement that it is gutting 1,300 jobs from its South Assembly Plant here has “more to do with the bargaining climate...
Read moreLocal antiwar protests sweep the nation
February 23, 2007Congress feels grassroots pressure to bring the troops homeWASHINGTON — In local town hall meetings, rallies and visits to lawmakers’ district offices, antiwar activists are taking their “bring the troops home” message to the grass roots...
Read moreThe Bush library: who needs it?
February 16, 2007George W. Bush has selected Southern Methodist University in Dallas to maintain and extend his political legacy. In addition to the most expensive presidential library in history, the Bushites plan to add a “think tank,” sometimes...
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