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Cheney leaves country in midst of Libby trial
February 16, 2007In his Washington Post column, Eugene Robinson writes, “If you’ve been following the … Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby perjury trial, I can understand how you might confuse Dick Cheney with Tony Soprano. Cheney’s office is beginning to...
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Sudan doc rocks reel to real world
February 16, 2007In a world with a lot of confusion, the film “God Grew Tired of Us” helps bring our dispirited lives into focus. Some movies present a tiny moment that makes a fair film good, but this...
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A compelling auto industry whodunit: Who Killed the Electric Car?
February 16, 2007Electric vehicles have been around since the beginning of the 20th century. One hundred years ago they even outnumbered gas-driven cars. However, mass manufacturing, cheap, abundant oil and automatic starters ensured that gas-driven cars triumphed over...
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In Darwins shadow, a socialist pioneer of evolution
February 16, 2007The man was writhing in the grips of Malaria. A torrent of tropical rain beat on the roof of his Indonesian hut. In the calm interludes between the sweats and chills, he wrote about ideas —...
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Falsehoods about immigrant workers
February 16, 2007Historians call the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 a tragic part of our history. With this act, Chinese workers were denied citizenship. Despite the words on the Statue of Liberty and the principles of democracy, it...
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