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  Farewell Unto Rove

  There is a guy whose name is Rove Some say that he’s the guy who drove The Bush regime to do its deeds It was Rove who sowed the seeds. He really proved that he was smart When he pushed Bush’s campaign cart For reelection midst a war For then Bush merely had to scream,…

  By Gus Tyler

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• Opinion

  Congress Cutting Special Interest Ties

  For many years, lobbyists in Washington have had a free hand in the ways they employed to influence Congress. One of the most blatant was conveyed in a tactic called “bundling.” The lobbyist would solicit support for a candidate observing carefully the legal limits on how much an individual contributed. But, the lobbyist bundled the…

  By Gus Tyler Aug 11, 2007 | < 1 min read
• Opinion

  Big Push For Preschool Education

  The United States has been a world pioneer in schooling for the people. It started in colonial days in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Every child was compelled to attend a school, starting at an early age. The reason was double: First, it was necessary to teach all children that humans were born in sin and…

  By Gus Tyler Aug 11, 2007 | < 1 min read

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  Frank Talk About Iran

  Iran’s participation in two rounds of official talks with the United States, the first such contacts in 27 years, could be a sign that the long-awaited thaw is finally underway in the Islamic Republic’s troubled relations with the West. If it is true, as Tehran’s leaders say, that Iran is prepared to help America stabilize…

  Aug 10, 2007 | 4 min read
• Letters

  August 10, 2007

  Union Leadership Did Not Support a Boycott Two motions were tabled to Unison’s national delegate conference in June which addressed Israel and Palestine (“U.S. Unions Organize Against British Boycott,” July 27). Both motions were tabled by individual Unison local branches, as is their democratic right. They were not tabled by myself — as Unison’s deputy…

  Aug 10, 2007 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  Israel Owes the U.S. a Blunt Word or Two on Iraq

  Sometime in the next two years, the United States will begin removing its armed forces from Iraq. Whether next month’s anticipated Petraeus report hastens or delays that departure, the rhetoric of virtually all leading presidential candidates appears to ensure the ultimate outcome. Israel, located barely 300 miles from Iraqi’s border with Jordan, is certain to…

  By Yossi Alpher Aug 9, 2007 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Outwitting Outsourcing

  At the most recent televised debate among aspirants for the Democratic nomination for president, the subject of “outsourcing” played a prominent role. In goodly part, this may have been due to the fact that the program was sponsored by the AFL-CIO. Outsourcing is the common practice of multinational corporations, which have, over recent years, shut…

  By Gus Tyler Aug 9, 2007 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  A 10-Point Plan for Universal Healthcare Coverage

  Our country faces three terrible and worsening healthcare crises. First, 47 million Americans, including 8 million children, have no health insurance coverage. In 1987 the uninsured totaled 32 million. In two decades, we’ve seen nearly a 50% rise in those without health insurance. Second, Medicare and Medicaid costs threaten to bankrupt the country. Today’s elderly…

  By Laurence Kotlikoff Aug 8, 2007 | 4 min read
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  No, You May Not Live in Our Midst

  By the time in 1948 that my family bought our very first house, the restrictive covenant on the deed had been declared unenforceable by the United States Supreme Court. Soon after we moved in, two neighbors came by to ask whether they could count on us voluntarily to abide by the terms of the covenant….

  By Leonard Fein Aug 8, 2007 | 4 min read
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  The World’s Richest Man

  The world’s richest man, according to The Wall Street Journal, is a Mexican son of Lebanese immigrants. His name is Carlos Slim. He is master of the monopoly. No matter what the field in which he operates, he soon makes it his private domain. He is the modern refinement of an ancient economic tendency described…

  By Gus Tyler Aug 7, 2007 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  Shut Down Army Programs for Diaspora Youth

  On my last trip to the United States, I met a young man who told me that he wanted to serve in the Israeli army. I told him to go to hell. Not in such blunt terms, of course. But my response caught the guy by surprise. After all, I’m the author of a memoir…

  By Haim Watzman Aug 3, 2007 | 3 min read