WORLD NOTES: Hungary, Afghanistan, Philippines, Canada, Colombia, Cuba
Hungary: Economy fells prime minister Afghanistan: People’s needs still neglected Philippines: Protests mount against U.S. military Canada: Movement grows vs. deportations Colombia: FARC promotes prisoner exchange Cuba: Chernobyl rescue anniversary marked
Letters - April 12, 2008
Cuba myths Musharraf Cyprus ‘Shock Doctrine’ More on Tibet
McCains Iraq Kool-Aid
Sen. John McCain reminds us of the cowboy pilot in the 1964 Stanley Kubrick movie (“Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”), who jumped on a nuclear warhead and rode it whooping and hollering as it plummeted to doom.
LETTERS
Vital information Alienation is torture Failed attempt? Disagrees with ‘sharp rebuff’ Much behind the firings Good start Don’t forget to visit
EDITORIAL: No racism, no sexism, no Imus
“We fought, we persevered, and most of all, we believed in ourselves. … But all of our accomplishments were lost. Our moment was taken away,” said Heather Zurich, a sophomore on the Rutgers University women’s basketball team.
NATIONAL CLIPS
SALT LAKE CITY: Campaign to save public schools ANNAPOLIS, Md.: Lawmakers pass living wage bill BURLINGTON, Vt.: ‘Step it up’ against greenhouse gases TALLAHASSEE, Fla.: Voting rights restored to former felons
Was Barry Bonds targeted?
Of all the bulked-up major league baseball players suspected of using steroids in the mid-to-late 1990s, how is it that Barry Bonds, baseball’s pre-eminent Black player, came to be Target No. 1 of federal investigators?
LETTERS
Fraud & insurance companies; Thrilled but Shore not first; For the record; New Orleans needs tourism; Worse in Texas than reported; France’s left leadership
Wal-Mart blocks port security
A lobby group dominated by Wal-Mart has successfully blocked efforts in recent years to increase security measures in U.S. ports wherever those measures might cut into the company’s profits, a report delivered to members of Congress by the AFL-CIO April 5 stated.
