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  • Big stakes in Calif. recall

    Big stakes in Calif. recall

    August 8, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    LOS ANGELES – The effort to recall California Gov. Gray Davis involves more than the fate of a Democratic governor. At stake is the future political direction not only of California but our nation.

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  • Protest message to White House: More jobs, less bull

    Protest message to White House: More jobs, less bull

    August 8, 2003

    CHICAGO – As George W. Bush settles into his Crawford ranch for his carefree, month-long vacation, working families are saddled with worries about jobs, health care and the state of the economy. Over three million jobs...

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  • Reality of War 101

    Reality of War 101

    August 7, 2003

    Book ReviewWar Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges, Public Affairs Press, 210 pp., $23, What Every Person Should Know About War, by Chris Hedges, Free Press, 175 pp., $11 Ever wonder what...

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  • Dixie Chicks: Great music and integrity

    Dixie Chicks: Great music and integrity

    August 7, 2003

    I had always loved the bluegrass/roots based music of the Dixie Chicks, but after the recent corporate-organized attempt to boycott them, I felt it was almost a duty to get tickets and see their show. They...

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  • War theater of the absurd

    War theater of the absurd

    August 7, 2003

    Opinion According to Senator John Warner (R-Va.), the new Pentagon “terrorism futures market” will be “immediately disestablished.” This is a reassuring thought, given the idiocy and ridiculousness of the idea in the first place. The Pentagon...

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