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Apocalypto is upon us
December 22, 2006Mel Gibson’s “Apocalypto,” a movie about human sacrifice among the ancient Maya, premiered Dec. 1 at Chickasaw Nation’s Riverwind Casino amidst Hollywood-style hoopla. Oklahoma Indian actors have been wooed by director Mel Gibson and are about...
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Justice deported
December 22, 2006In 1947, Woody Guthrie wrote a song about the crash of a plane carrying Mexican immigrant farm workers back to the border. In haunting lyrics he describes how it caught fire as it flew low over...
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LETTERS
December 22, 2006Spend on troops, not war I am worried about the new Congress backing off of getting our troops out of Iraq — as mandated by the voters. The vote to cut off war expenditures is spun...
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EDITORIAL: Naughty and nice
December 22, 2006In a back room of the People’s Weekly World is a group of elf computer wizards, wearing green tights and caps with bells. They’ve just finished a project that has befuddled humankind for centuries. They’ve hacked...
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New York hospital closings: a sick proposal
December 22, 2006New York State’s “Commission on Health Care in the 21st Century” has called for closing at least nine hospitals, which, with further forced mergers and downsizing, would reduce hospital beds by 4,200 statewide. Another 3,000 nursing...
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