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| Goodbye, Denver; St. Paul, here we come |
(Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
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| Goodbye, Denver; St. Paul, here we come Cal Thomas is a conservative columnist. Bob Beckel is a liberal Democratic strategist. But as longtime friends, they can often find common ground on issues that lawmakers in Washington cannot. This week, from...
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Category: Common Ground |
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| Long and short of it: Which Biden will talk? |
(Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
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| Long and short of it: Which Biden will talk? Plain Talk by Al Neuharth There is a generally accepted political theory that vice presidential candidates usually don’t help any ticket much, but they can hurt it. If that’s correct, how...
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Category: Election 2008 - Forum |
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| Ethanol production hogs fertilizer; price rises |
(Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
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| Ethanol production hogs fertilizer; price rises Bob Wilson - Franklin, N.C. I would like to add some points to the findings in USA TODAY's article "Golden image of corn-based ethanol shows some erosion" (Cover story, Money, Aug. 22). One is...
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Category: Energy - Letters |
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| Historic moment built on sacrifices of others |
(Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
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| Historic moment built on sacrifices of others W. Ivan Wright, author of Black People: For Entertainment Purposes Only - Trenton, N.J. I was impressed and touched by the sincerity of Bruce Kluger's Forum piece "A long way from Birmingham." Indeed,...
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Category: Letter to the editor |
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| Why change America? |
(Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
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| Why change America? Jason Vanzin - Pittsburgh Am I the only one who cringes every time I hear a Democrat say Barack Obama is the man who will change America? Over and over they chant, "We need change in America";...
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Category: Election 2008 - Letters |
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| Get rid of conventions |
(Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
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| Get rid of conventions Erin Welch - Springfield, Mo. Surely, I am not the only American who felt ill after reading about the party that is the Democratic National Convention ("Loopholes let lawmakers live large," News, Monday). I am not...
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Category: Election 2008 - Letters |
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| Our view on protecting the public: Anthrax case exposes holes in security at weapons labs |
(Thu, 28 Aug 2008)
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| Our view on protecting the public: Anthrax case exposes holes in security at weapons labs Scientist’s odd behavior should have triggered greater scrutiny. In the year and a half before the deadly anthrax attacks in 2001, Army researcher Bruce Ivins...
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Category: Criminal justice - Editorial |
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| Opposing view: Labs are safe, secure |
(Thu, 28 Aug 2008)
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| Opposing view: Labs are safe, secure Army has taken steps to protect against external, internal attacks. By George W. Weightman For decades, the U.S. Army's groundbreaking medical research programs have developed vaccines and treatments protecting the lives of U.S. soldiers,...
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Category: Criminal justice - Editorial |
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| Losing hearts and minds |
(Thu, 28 Aug 2008)
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| Losing hearts and minds Details are in dispute, but if a new United Nations report is correct, a U.S.-led airstrike in Afghanistan last Friday killed 90 civilians, 60 of them children ranging in age from three months to 16 years....
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Category: Afghanistan - Editorial |
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| Is this the post-partisan world? |
(Thu, 28 Aug 2008)
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| Is this the post-partisan world? Voters want the divisiveness in Washington to end, and Barack Obama says he’s the one to bring this country together. A simple question for the Democratic nominee: How? Cal Thomas is a conservative columnist. Bob...
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Category: Common Ground |
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