News
A nauseating situation
September 22, 2006Don’t tell me that our country’s airlines aren’t innovators! Take U.S. Airways, for example — it’s the one that pioneered the placement of advertising on its fold-down tray tables. Not content to rest on its laurels,...
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Oil pressure
September 22, 2006“The oil belongs to the Iraqi people. It’s their asset,” declared President George W. Bush in a press conference on the White House lawn in June. He had just returned from a surprise visit to Baghdad,...
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Solar power in space, why not on Earth?
September 22, 2006For years NASA insisted it couldn’t be done. Beyond the orbit of Mars, NASA said, solar energy could not be used to generate electricity for onboard power on space devices. So the agency used the extremely...
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Joe Lieberman no friend of working people
September 22, 2006It is complete hypocrisy for Joe Lieberman to claim that he is above “partisan politics.” Quite the opposite: Lieberman has been a consistent enabler for the partisan politics of George W. Bush, against the interests of...
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LETTERS
September 22, 2006Ham radio anyone? Calling all radio amateurs who are tired of most Ham contacts and would like instead to have some on a regular basis which are civil, meaningful, thoughtful, informative, purposeful and other stimulating and...
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