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  • A river walk and garden for the ages

    A river walk and garden for the ages

    June 14, 2008 By Nick Bart

    The man was well dressed, one might even say dapper. He moved to the front of the packed room with a professorial air. Born of the 19th century and known for his advocacy for social justice,...

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  • Letters – June 14, 2008

    Letters – June 14, 2008

    June 14, 2008

    Something smells Word has it that Sen. John McCain is receiving $59,000 a year in benefits from the Veterans Administration for a 100 percent disability. Something just doesn’t smell right. Either he is 100 percent disabled...

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  • Reality check needed

    Reality check needed

    June 14, 2008

    After the government announced June 6 that last month’s jump in the unemployment rate was the worst in more than 20 years, a few corporate mouthpieces admitted that the economy might have “stalled.” Their modest admission...

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  • Licking Big Oils boots

    Licking Big Oils boots

    June 14, 2008

    Senate Republicans gave people a slap in the face June 10, voting to block a windfall profits tax on oil companies that are robbing us blind at the gasoline pump with $4.35 per gallon gasoline. Democrats...

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  • UN backs Puerto Ricos right to self determination

    UN backs Puerto Ricos right to self determination

    June 14, 2008

    The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization unanimously approved a resolution June 9 calling on the United States to allow the Puerto Rican people to exercise their right to self-determination and independence. The UN panel called...

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