The Greens and Nader, the Wegman gift, the Bush Iraq policy
Iraq
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Urban journal
The time for protest is just beginning Numerous Democrats — including our own two senators — disgraced themselves last week by caving in on Iraq. With their help, the president has the authority to start his war any time he likes. In the week before the vote, an anti-war protest in downtown Rochester drew […]
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Reader Feedback 10.9.02
Fields of dreams After reading Chris Busby’s article, “Rhinos and Red Wings and Rattlers, Oh My” (September 18), I’ve come to the conclusion that former County Executive Tom Frey has no clue whatsoever. His moronic statements about a proposed retrofit of Frontier Field prove that he and his so-called Sports Authority are completely out of […]
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The US as uni-bomber
“I am scared,” said a friend, discussing Iraq. So am I. And sick at heart. Under the cloak of fighting terrorism and Saddam Hussein, George Bush is making a catastrophic — perhaps irreversible — change in US foreign policy. That change will affect not only the United States but also countries and innocent people […]
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Reader Feedback 10.2.02
The real pain Listening to President Bush’s bellicose speeches against Saddam, I am reminded of the old surgical practice performed in classical Greece. As an anesthetic, the surgeon would induce a new pain more severe than the pain the surgery would cause in order to divert “pain attention.” There is no question that Saddam is […]
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Reader Feedback 9.25.02
Waiting Reflections on living through a year of September 11: For the first time in my life, I now understand how the intelligent, educated, cultured, sophisticated people of Germany fell for Hitler, and how they fell first for the rhetoric/metaphor of war and then blithely for a real war. As they say, let it never […]
