Letters
Getting it right; Respectful and fair …; … Wrong balance; Transplant recipient; Death and America
Editorials
No protection in bankruptcy bill; Tax the rich, fund social needs
Mary Pullins: Steel union pioneer
The steelworkers’ retiree meeting sprung to attention when Mary Pullins walked in. Veteran of 24 years at US Steel and only 103 years old, she walked with sure steps to the speaker’s stand.
Nine states sue U.S. on mercury rules
In a backlash against what environmentalists call “disastrous” new mercury regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), nine states filed a lawsuit March 29 against the federal government, saying the rules violate the Clean Air Act. One of them, New Hampshire, went further, advancing its own state-level legislation to curb the release of mercury by corporate polluters.
Editorials
After Pope John Paul II; No to ‘nuclear option’
Letters
Can’t be trusted; Bush is history; People’s nostalgia; Bush lied; Gerry Adams visit; Not Dorothy’s Kansas
LETTERS
Hate patrols in Arizona. A Bush diversion. Correction to migration story. Not just a matter of $. Support AWOL troops. Nuclear threat. All together now.
NATIONAL CLIPS
SALINAS, Calif.: Library to hold emergency ‘read-in.’ BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Bishops against death penalty. WASHINGTON: Wal-Mart pays millions in abuse penalty. TOMBSTONE, Ariz.: Stop border vigilantes
