Opinion
Love your mother
April 16, 2009Earth Day, April 22, is sandwiched between Tax Day, April 15, and Workers Memorial Day, April 28. Just around the corner is May Day, May 1, the international workers day and a day for flower baskets...
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Unemployment — not a lagging indicator of economy
April 11, 2009It is conventional wisdom pontificated ad nauseam on business channels like CNBC and Bloomberg that employment figures are “lagging indicators” of the state of a country’s economy. Their argument is that as recessions begin businesses start...
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Editorial: Seeking a nuke-free world
April 11, 2009President Obama told a crowd of 20,000 in Prague April 5 that the U.S., the only nation that has ever used nuclear weapons, has a “moral responsibility” to lead the way in seeking “the peace and...
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Editorial: In defense of equality
April 11, 2009All people who cherish liberty, justice and equality have something to celebrate after Iowa’s Supreme Court and Vermont’s Legislature added those states to the short list of places in America where gay marriage is recognized as...
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LETTERS Banks, pensions, G20, drugs, and more
April 11, 2009Banks What to do with the banks? Turn them into credit unions!! Jo Forman Via e-mail Pension theft A recent article from Raw Story on how our pension money was shifted into stocks just before the...
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