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Jay Evensen On Memorial Day look beyond the fog of war
Looking back 70 years with the sure knowledge that allied forces defeated the Nazis, it's hard to feel the heart-pounding fear of that day as crews loaded their B-17s, revved their engines, took their places behind guns or as navigators or pilots, walked the narrow catwalk above bomb bays and wondered if they had safely touched ground for the last ...
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In our opinion Utahs caucus system needs reform
Many Utah voters, however, feel disenfranchised by the process, and some experts cite disillusionment with the caucus system as one of the primary reasons behind Utah's declining voter turnout in recent years. Many feel the decision has already been made for them by a relative handful of people, and, in some cases, that's exactly what happens at the state ...
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Blocking Syrian Refugees Isn’t the Way
The refugee burden that Syria’s neighbors are shouldering is heavy and should not be borne alone. But keeping people fleeing for their lives in buffer zones inside Syrian borders risks trapping rather than protecting ...
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The case for food stamps
food stamps (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP), is over how much to cut. But when more than 15% of Americans remain impoverished, slashing food assistance for the poor makes no sense in humanitarian, economic or public health ...
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Robert Redfords plea Save Bristol Bay
Coursing through vast reaches of Alaskan tundra, glacial lakes and emerald forests, six major river systems converge along the rim of the Bering Sea to form the crystalline waters of Bristol Bay, the richest wild salmon grounds in the ...
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Is This the Most Disgusting Atrocity Filmed in the Syrian Civil War
Even by the standards of Syria's ever-worsening stream of atrocity and massacre videos, the latest footage from the country cannot fail to shock for its sheer savagery. ...
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Editorial Students help expand scholarship opportunities
Washington state’s Opportunity Scholarship program is right to turn to its scholars for help broadening and deepening the program’s ...
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Minnesota Legislature Jobs jobs jobs Pioneer Press editorial
As they review lawmakers' performance at the Minnesota Legislature, business advocates have new worries about the impact of higher taxes on the state's competitiveness and job growth. They're worthy worries: Weakening the business climate weakens the jobs climate. "Every Minnesotan will pay more -- in the form of higher taxes, higher prices or higher fees," says the ...
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Rebuilding in Oklahomas Tornado Alley
At day’s end Monday, the number killed by a massive tornado was reported to be at least 51, with more expected as rescue workers dug through the wreckage. That was more than twice the number later confirmed dead. A spokeswoman for the examiner’s office blamed it on ...
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SEC should adopt Franken plan on credit ratings agencies
A sensible, bipartisan solution to the conflicts of interest that too often arise between credit ratings agencies and the firms that hire them to judge their products should be adopted by the Securities and Exchange ...
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Tax reform Are you really a believer
Apple CEO Tim Cook, center, flanked by Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's chief financial officer, left, and Phillip A. Bullock, Apple's head of Tax Operations, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent ...
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Obama Rejects Perpetual War But Questions Remain About Targeted Killings
President Obama gave a major speech in Washington today on US counterterrorism policy. The speech contained a number of significant announcements, including notice that the administration would resume releases of Guantanamo prisoners "recommended for transfer" to other countries and a pledge to clarify the process and improve transparency with respect to the use of unmanned ...
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I am a Lymphoedema Sister
Contributed by : Carol Gould I thought I would re-publish this article from a year ago as local UK elections loom on 2 May. The present hysteria surrounding the rise and rise of UKIP, the United Kingdom Independence Party, fascinates me as an American because the Tea Party rose from disatisfaction with both Democrats and Republicans. The Tea Party now has six US senators and helped shift ...
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Partners not pledges needed to fight HIV
case about whether the U.S. government can require organizations to denounce prostitution as a condition of funding for their international HIV/AIDS work. As those on the ground who work in programs trying to stop the spread of HIV ...
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Dubais child labor complicity
To ensure that gold businesses in Dubai respect and protect rights, due diligence procedures should be made mandatory and include measures to check for child ...
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Inspiring greatness from black graduates
Although the vast majority of black children complete high school, most do not complete college. Many first-generation college students have fewer financial, family and community resources to persist through the more challenging aspects of college, such as dealing with financial obligations, meeting academic requirements and finding opportunities for postbaccalaureate ...
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Whos stealing government flowers
Not so on federal land. The flowers in Washington’s many parks are government property and the feds take just as dim a view of that as trying to drive off in an F-16. (The irony is that when it comes time to replace, say, the tulips, the National Park Service will give away the bulbs to people passing by because it’s cheaper to buy new ones each spring rather than store the old bulbs ...
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What others sayObamas forgotten victims
New York Times columnist Mirza Shahzad Akbar speaks out about the forgotten victims of president Obama's use of drones in the war on ...
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Commentary claims liberals are shocked by Obama administration
';Like Captain Renault, liberals are now shocked, shocked to discover Obama & Co. have been using intimidating tactics.'; Or at least that’s the claim Peter Wehner makes in his recent piece ...
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You can become the Buddha
A person who grows on the spiritual path cannot ignore Gautama because his presence has become so significant. In his own lifetime, he had forty thousand monks who went out to spread the spiritual process. In his own silent way, he changed the world forever. Buddha Pournami has always been significant in the yogic ...
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It all ads up Spot-fixing is chicken-feed compared to the next big IPL scam
All these cops snooping around are getting too much, i tell you. Just the other day, this bowler puts up his arm and raises one finger and they pounce on him and haul him away to the thana because they thought it was a spot-fixing ...
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Contraceptive access improves womens chances in education work Jill Sheffield
Millennium Development Goals (MDG) began on April 5. At the end of May, Women Deliver, a Washington-based advocacy group working to reduce maternal mortality and ensure young girls' reproductive health, will hold a conference in Kuala Lumpur, bringing together some of the world's strongest voices on women's ...
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States must spend allocated funds on police modernization
It's time to view security as a vital element of the country's infrastructure rather than an entitlement of VIPs alone. But states, especially, are slipping up in this respect. This lack of commitment to internal security is borne out by their reluctance to spend centrally-sponsored assistance, which exposes a mindset seemingly framed around maintaining entitlements rather than ...
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Editorial This grisly crime must not erode our freedoms
With the two assailants in hospital, the questions now start - and they are legion. The most telling is whether the men were acting alone or were part of a terrorist "cell" supported by others, either here or abroad. But there will also be issues for the security services to address. Although sources suggest that the perpetrators were known to the authorities - and only the ongoing ...
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Struggle Against Dire Conditions for Iran Workers
On April 29, just ahead of International Workers' Day, Iranian authorities summoned Behnam Ebrahimzadeh to discuss the terms of his temporary release from Tehran's notorious Evin prison. Ebrahimzadeh, a labor activist and blogger who is almost three years into a five-year prison sentence, was given leave from the prison after many pleas to care for his ailing son, who suffers from a ...
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