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LETTERS July 28
July 27, 2007Abstinence-only flunks out I was happy too see The New York Times headline “Abstinence education faces uncertain future.” The article discussed the numerous studies showing the ineffectiveness of abstinence-only education. It talked about how states are...
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EDITORIAL: Whats needed for Israeli-Palestinian peace?
July 27, 2007Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Jerusalem last week in his new role as envoy for the so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators — the UN, European Union, Russia and the United States. He...
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EDITORIAL: Out of Iraq … when?
July 27, 2007A classified plan leaked in The New York Times July 23 reveals that the Pentagon plans to keep troops in Iraq at least two more years, despite the mounting nationwide and worldwide clamor that the U.S....
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Cuba survives and inspires
July 27, 2007Forty-five years ago, Bob Dylan described revolutionary Cuba as “a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it.” Some things don’t change. As recently as July 2006, the United States announced it would not “allow” a...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR July 28
July 27, 2007New Kennedy bill would further boost minimum wage Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) announced July 24 that he has introduced a new minimum wage hike bill that would raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by...
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