Somethings rotten in Shangri-la
Drive 60 miles northwest of Manhattan and you’re on a New Jersey road winding beneath mountain ridges exploding with fall colors reflected in a string of lakes. As you think you might be in Shangri-la, you pass a billboard proclaiming, “Welcome to West Milford — a Clean Community,” signed by the Republican mayor. An American flag flutters atop a pole next to it.
Year of the Woman? Not in election coverage!
How many elections can be hailed as “The Year of the Woman” before anything actually changes? Hint: no answer to this question exists yet.
Worry and anger as autoworkers study pact
Many autoworkers, back after their strike against GM, are worried or angry about concessions the company insisted on in the new contract.
Children demand Health care, not warfare
Children marched to the White House Oct. 2 pulling red wagons filled with petitions demanding that President Bush drop his plan to veto legislation passed by the Senate and House that would extend the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and expand it to cover an additional 4 million children.
