No rules
Over ribs, chicken, homemade salads and pies, beer and pop, our Memorial Day cookout turned from a local Steelers controversy to politics. Debate arose over a recent shooting and grappling with why pulling a gun has replaced raising fists to resolve disputes among young adults.
LETTERS
Afghan death toll Green, blue and red all over Korean model How long? Zimbabwe
NATIONAL CLIPS
ARROWSIC, Maine: Town meeting adopts antiwar stance HOUSTON: Labor-backed Democrat wins in company town WASHINGTON: House to vote on torture school BOSTON: Same-sex marriage upheld
Mercenaries cast dark shadows on U.S. democracy
When years ago Consolidation Coal, Ford Motor Co. and U.S. Steel created their own private armies, including Pinkertons, to keep the word “profits” always followed by the verb “skyrocketing,” and to keep workers under their control and the union out, no one dreamed that in the 21st century the privatization of the U.S. military would be on the political agenda.
LETTERS
Stop cuts to HIV/AIDS care Set the record straight Forget the meat Pete’s a prize
NATIONAL CLIPS
WEST POINT, N.Y.: Hundreds protest Iraq war, Cheney AMHERST, Mass.: Former Bush aide booed at graduation OBERLIN, Ohio: City Council calls for impeachment BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Medicaid slashed on phony pretext
