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  • Faith-based emergency preparedness

    Faith-based emergency preparedness

    May 18, 2007

    With Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the Walter Reed hospital scandal — maybe you thought that the incompetence of the White House had bottomed out. But ... here comes another embarrassment bubbling to the surface. While the...

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  • There comes a time

    There comes a time

    May 18, 2007

    Before the ’06 elections, more than a few skeptical voices asked what substantial progress could be achieved through the peoples’ massive get-out-the-vote campaign. We had tried before and failed. Yet after the ballots were counted, even...

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  • About those gas prices

    About those gas prices

    May 18, 2007

    The most recent round of exorbitant gasoline price hikes is hurting working Americans directly in the pocketbook and indirectly by feeding inflation. It is high time to seek alternatives. We cannot overestimate the danger posed by...

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  • Harlem on my mind

    Harlem on my mind

    May 18, 2007

    In this historic center of African American cultural life, Harlem, the main issue today is the lack of affordable housing. Right now in Harlem, the prices of all forms of housing — from public projects to...

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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    May 18, 2007

    Explaining true cost of the war by Jason Smith, Venice CA I could not help but notice that the wire services were carrying a story a day or two ago about the Iraq war not hitting...

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