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Letters

January 6, 2006

‘For the union makes us strong’ In the glow of the transit strike here, this is a quote I came across: “Whatever the problem, your efforts will be crowned with success only if your union is...

Editorial: A corrupt autocracy

January 6, 2006

George W. Bush promised to restore “honor and integrity” to our nation’s capital. But Jack Abramoff’s guilty plea on bribery charges has sent dozens of politicians in Washington scurrying like rats for holes to hide in....

Editorial: Viva Cuba!

January 6, 2006

Jan. 1 marked the 47th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. It was on this date, in 1959, that Fidel Castro and his July 26th Movement overthrew the Batista dictatorship, making possible the beginning of Cuba’s transition...

Venezuelas 21st-century socialism

January 6, 2006

On a recent trip to Latin America, President George W. Bush said people must choose between “two competing visions.” One, he said, “pursues representative government, integration into the world community and freedom’s transformative power for individuals.”...

Cubas revolutionary doctors

December 29, 2005

Cuba this year graduated 1,905 new doctors. They pledged, in part, the following: “True medicine is not that which cures, but that which prevents, whether in an isolated community on our island or in any sister...