Beef that could kill you!
Parents around the country are trying to find out if any of the meat involved in the biggest beef recall in U.S. history found its way into their children’s school lunches, or still might show up there.
House defies Bush fear tactics
The House of Representatives went into recess for 10 days Feb. 15 without acting on President George W. Bush’s demand that they extend his sweeping authority to engage in warrantless spying under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Bush’s legislation also granted retroactive immunity to AT&T, Verizon and other telecommunications companies that collaborated in spying on innocent Americans.
World notes: Feb. 23, 2008
South Korea: Opposition delays trade pact Global warming: Fuel crops questioned Mexico: Strike closes Wal-Mart stores Norway: Minister rejects U.S. anti-missile plan Iraq: Departures continue Southern Africa: Food shortages predicted
Obama wins 10 in a row
MILWAUKEE — Undeterred by subzero temperatures and icy conditions, Wisconsin voters streamed to the polls in huge numbers Feb. 19, to give Barack Obama a resounding victory in the Democratic presidential primary. He defeated Hillary Clinton 58 percent to 41 percent.
Love, Loss and Longing of Cubans and Cuban Americans
In “Love, Loss and Longing: The Impact of U.S. Travel Policy on Cuban American Families” by Jeanne Parr Lemkau and David L. Strug, a beautiful collection of photographs and first-person narratives captures the hardships inflicted on Cuban-Americans, and their relatives in Cuba, by the Bush administration’s draconian travel restrictions.
Some terrific new childrens books
Right now public libraries and local bookstores are featuring titles for African American history month, and next month they will be featuring titles on women’s history. Here are some new titles for children that you won’t want to miss.
Timing is everything
Bringing to justice the perpetrators of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack is something everyone in our country would like to see.
Digging out of crisis
Many analysts say the United States is already in a recession. Whatever it’s called, economic crisis is a grim and grinding daily reality for the millions who are jobless, underemployed, struggling with soaring health care costs, losing their homes to foreclosure or already homeless.
