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Letters – Feb. 16, 2008
February 15, 2008Re: Climate change, what’s the problem? David Zink’s thoughtful article falls short in several respects (PWW 1/26-2/1). First, the solutions he proposes are modest, indeed, and tragically, the first item in his list is “advanced nuclear...
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Timing is everything
February 15, 2008Bringing to justice the perpetrators of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack is something everyone in our country would like to see. But isn’t it interesting the Defense Department announced that six Guantanamo detainees will be...
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Digging out of crisis
February 15, 2008Many analysts say the United States is already in a recession. Whatever it’s called, economic crisis is a grim and grinding daily reality for the millions who are jobless, underemployed, struggling with soaring health care costs,...
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Joyous magnificence, African American experience through words and deeds
February 15, 2008There is a consistent, if not conscious, effort to make it appear as if the African American people have become a sea of dehumanized barrenness in the desolate ghettoes of inner cities. This result can be...
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Puerto Ricos teachers fight for public education
February 15, 2008Puerto Rican teachers and their allies took to the streets of San Juan on Feb. 8 to protest the decertification of their union. The decertification happened in reaction to the union’s recent strike vote over the...
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