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April 2003



"Grin And Pay It"

Thursday, 24 April 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
There are a lot of "government haters" in this country who believe (or say they believe) that we should just do away with government and governmental regulation.  We shouldn't have to pay taxes, we should just be allowed to do as we pl

Ban on Assault Rifles in Danger

Friday, 18 April 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
In September, 2004, the ban on assault rifles enacted by congress during the Clinton administration, will ccome up for renewal.  The National Rifle Association is already mounting a well financed campaign to let this legislation expire.  Pr
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"Worst Cultural Disaster in History"

Thursday, 17 April 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
To someone as interested as I am in history and archaeology the looting of the National Museum of Iraq, called "the worst cultural disaster" in the history of the world,  was especially painful.  I heard a news broadcast on National Public

Occupation Is Not Liberation

Wednesday, 16 April 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
While many celebrate a rousing and quick "victory" in the war against Iraq, in actuality it represents the "victory" of the world's greatest superpower over a much smaller country, already largely disarmed before the war started, suffering from 13 ye
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Amazing Arrogance, Awesome Incompetence

Sunday, 6 April 2003 11:59 P GMT-07
I wanted to share with you a nice little piece of satire by the unsinkable Molly Ivins written just before the beginning of hostilities.  A week before, Nicholas Kristof had written in the New York Times about a poll by the Toronto Glo