Last Thursday’s Bush-Kerry show wasn’t a debate, of course. And from the outset, I was cross that the media bought into the restrictions about format, camera angle, and the like. Since when do credible journalists agree to that kind of censorship? Still, it was an enlightening night. And I’m more worried than ever about […]
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Restoring The Spirit
We may learn, soon, whether The Spirit of Ontario will be back in operation, and if so, whether it’ll be in service this fall. Critics and the media are still speculating on the causes of the ferry fiasco — and, despite its terrific start-up bookings, on whether Spirit is viable. Sellouts in August aren’t a […]
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Are we fit to vote?
It’s going to be worse than I had expected, this period of vitriol masquerading as a presidential election campaign. Voters should be so appalled by the Republicans’ demagoguery that they flock to Kerry. But that doesn’t seem likely to happen. There was confidence beneath the taunts and muscle-flexing at the Republican convention last week. […]
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Hurtling to November
“Are you worried?” a friend asked the other day. You bet I am. We’re nine weeks away from the presidential election, and Kerry and Bush are still in a virtual tie in the polls. Bush continues to swat away the bad news as if it’s no more concern than a mosquito. And Kerry can’t seem […]
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From green space to gathering place
It’s a rare day when citizens approach their government and ask to be taxed. But that’s exactly what the South Wedge Planning Committee is doing. The group has approached Rochester City Council with a petition and a proposal to create a special tax assessment district. The extra revenue from the district — located around […]
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The war of lies
So: if George Bush had said that he wanted to go to war against Iraq because Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator, would the nation have gone along? That’s the only rationale left for Bush’s war. There were no weapons of mass destruction. Saddam Hussein was not planning, and did not have […]
