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Whose way of life is at risk? Not yours
January 4, 2008Each year as the calendar moves toward the New Year, I find myself thinking about Dick Cheney. The vice president once called energy conservation a “matter of personal virtue” not part of a national energy plan....
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Fidel Castro sends greeting to Cuban parliament
January 1, 2008‘There hasn’t been a day in my life in which I haven’t learned something’ The following note and message from Fidel Castro was sent to President of the Cuban National Assembly Ricardo Alarcon on Dec. 27,...
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Movie Review: Charlie Wilsons fascist war
January 1, 2008Charlie Wilson’s War Directed by Mike Nichols, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin 2007, 97 min., Rated R I went to see Charlie Wilson’s War last night and was surprised that the title was not “The South shall...
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Movie Review: Sweeney Todd, the boring barber of Fleet Street
January 1, 2008Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Directed by Tim Burton, Screenplay by John Logan 2007, USA/UK, Rated R Recently, I had the opportunity to see Tim Burton’s new film “Sweeney Todd.” I would first...
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World Wide Work reviews books, music and more
January 1, 2008This edition of the free bulletin, World Wide Work, is published by the American Labor Education Center, an independent nonprofit founded in 1979. WORLD WIDE WORK Powell’s (www.powells.com), the unionized alternative to Amazon.com for buying and...
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