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21 January 2003
Memo: When war is a rush
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Norman Solomon
To: Washington's most powerful people

OK, let's review the main points.

A basic PR problem remains. While you're in a hurry to launch an all-out war on Iraq, the main obstacle is that a large majority of...
20 January 2003
Health Care needs someone to care
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- Bet you if I had a nickel for every time someone has started an article or a speech in past five years by saying, "The nation's health care system is facing a crisis," or, "Our health care system is falling...
16 January 2003
Appalling silence
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- "Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal." -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Normally, making the case for peace over war requires the...
15 January 2003
The Ledge
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- Whee, here we go, the Ledge is back in session! And many a village is missing its idiot. The 78th biennial disaster is upon us, and what glorious fodder to feast upon.

Our peerless leaders are...
14 January 2003
Fine Print
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- I just love the fine print in the president's tax-cut plan. I grant you, the overall effect is pretty spectacular, too -- a plan that has almost no stimulative effect but still opens a future of zillion-dollar deficits to...
27 December 2002
Media Year 2002, R.I.P.
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Norman Solomon
It's impossible to adequately sum up any year, and 2002 is probably more difficult than most to grasp. Bursts of militaristic fervor bracketed the 12 months, which began in the terrible aftermath of 9/11 with the United States...

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