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Speaking truth through poetic activism
November 18, 2005I wonder if the sky gets tired of being everywhere at once, if the sun debates dawn. I wonder if sunrise and sunset respect each other, if rainbows get shy backstage and if the snow wants...
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Venezuela defends against assaults, lies
November 18, 2005Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spoke to French industrialists on Oct. 26: “Fidel and I are conspiring ... against death, against hunger, against misery, against diseases, against that poverty that grinds down our people. We are helping...
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Peace rings out in nations distant corner
November 18, 2005PORT ANGELES, Wash. — Every few weeks Erika Hamerquist performs a grim duty. She crosses the hayfield on her family’s farm a few miles outside this town and with a paintbrush revises the big sign that...
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Bringing common sense back to school discipline
November 18, 2005In March of this year, many of us watched in horror a nationally broadcast videotape of 5-year-old Ja’eisha Scott being handcuffed by police officers and tearfully taken away for throwing a temper tantrum at school. Far...
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Whats wrong with Bushs immigration reform plan?
November 18, 2005President Bush’s “guest worker” program is supposed to deal with the issue of undocumented immigration. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao made a presentation to the Senate Judiciary Committee Oct. 18 in which she outlined the administration’s...
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