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Letters – Sept. 13, 2008
September 13, 2008What is a maverick? According to Webster a maverick is “a person who acts independently of any political party, faction, etc.” John McCain and Sarah Palin call themselves “mavericks.” However, when one examines their political record...
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Obama helps recover workers pensions
September 13, 2008NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — When steelworkers George Korcedes and Paul Santilli attended the event for Barark Obama here, they hoped that Obama would touch on the struggle for pensions that steelworkers and others are having. They...
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Sept. 11: Continuing to mourn the dead, fight for the living
September 13, 2008Tammy Johnson from Saratoga, N.Y. pays her respects to the thousands of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack at the site where the World Trade Center once stood. The immediate victims of that day...
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Maines senate race in play
September 13, 2008LEWISTON, Maine — The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) has become a prime point of controversy in a hard-fought contest as Democratic Representative Tom Allen challenges Republican Senator Susan Collins for the Senate seat she has...
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Who are they trying to kid?
September 13, 2008John McCain, while publicly distancing himself from President Bush, has presented an economic program that is a continuation of Bush’s policies. So an assessment of the administration’s record is in order. In his Aug. 30 radio...
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