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05 September 2002
The Powell Trap: Easing Us Into War
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Norman Solomon
There's something pathetic -- and dangerous -- about the crush of liberal commentators now pinning their hopes on Colin Powell.

Yes, the secretary of state is a "moderate" -- compared to the likes of Dick Cheney and...
04 September 2002
Saddam and the Dick
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- Excuse me: I don't want to be tacky or anything, but hasn't it occurred to anyone in Washington that sending Vice President Dick Cheney out to champion an invasion of Iraq on the grounds that Saddam Hussein is a "murderous...
30 August 2002
What If We Didn't Need Labor Day?
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Norman Solomon
Labor Day may be a fitting tribute to America's workers. But what about the other 364 days of the year? Despite all the talk about the importance and dignity of working people, they get little power or glory in the everyday world of...
29 August 2002
Kickbacks and Iraq
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN -- A new wrinkle in the annals of corporate scandal -- Salomon Smith Barney, the stock brokerage/investment banking firm, allocated almost a million shares of hot IPO (initial public offerings) shares in 21 different companies to...
27 August 2002
Hypocrisy
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN -- "It's the little things, the itty-bitty things. It's the little things that really tick me off." --- song by Robert Earl Keene.

Gosh, silly us, getting in a swivet over war and peace. The president is on...
22 August 2002
Hawks and Doves
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- Here we are playing hawks and doves again on the matter on Iraq -- war or no war? -- with particularly peppy exchanges from our more excitable brethren on the right concerning "appeasement" and lack of patriotism on the...

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