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  • Some terrific new childrens books

    Some terrific new childrens books

    February 15, 2008

    BOOKREVIEWRight now public libraries and local bookstores are featuring titles for African American history month, and next month they will be featuring titles on women’s history. Here are some new titles for children that you won’t...

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  • A peoples surge that could reshape our country

    A peoples surge that could reshape our country

    February 15, 2008 By Sam Webb

    A people’s surge is heaving its way across the country with unexpected force. And in doing so, it is confounding pundits, challenging conventional wisdom and reconfiguring our nation’s politics. Only one thing is for certain: it...

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  • Letters – Feb. 16, 2008

    Letters – Feb. 16, 2008

    February 15, 2008

    Re: 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

    Timing is everything

    February 15, 2008

    Bringing 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

    Digging out of crisis

    February 15, 2008

    Many 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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