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OPINION: A dose of ‘socialism’ to forestall financial disaster

It's easy to become apocalyptic contemplating the vast sums of wealth being destroyed in the unfolding financial crisis gripping Wall Street. The economic tsunami unleashed there will soon reach every corner of the nation. Indeed globalization...

A complete guide to the Wall Street crisis

Articles and Resources on the Economic Crisis The week of September 15, 2008 has been a dramatic and unprecedented period in the world of high finance. The economic crisis is not over despite what some pundits...

Shades of Green: Sept. 20, 2008

Letters: Sept. 20, 2008

Heavy toll on Afghan children More reports coming out of Afghanistan indicate more dead children (“Protests grow over civilian deaths,” PWW 9/6-12). Civilian casualties are a perpetual reality in Afghanistan. In July, 47 were killed in...

To help everyone, lift the blockade

The world has watched with enormous admiration as storm-battered Cuba pulls itself together after the unprecedented devastation of Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike. Despite immense losses to agriculture, industry, housing and infrastructure, loss of life was...