10 April 2002
In defense of the Open Shelter
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A Concerned Citizen
Dear Editor:

The Community Shelter Board is finally getting its way in its mission to finally close down the Open Shelter. The Executive Director, Barbara Poppe, representing only the interests of the downtown...
10 April 2002
Justice or Revenge?
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Lara Koneksy
To the editor-

I am merely wondering why it is that we have confused the ideal of justice, with this immoral and detrimental notion of revenge. With the recent execution of John Byrd, the lines have become blurred, as...
10 April 2002
Enron played key role in events presaging war
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Martin Yant
If you want power – be it political or electrical — you need connec tions. No one knew that better than the super-slick executives of Enron, who in the past year desperately tried to stave off the largest bankruptcy in history.
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10 April 2002
Chemical Bigotry
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Mary Jane Borden
I’d like to introduce a new term into drug policy vernacular: chemical bigotry. We’ve endured the War on Drugs for more than thirty years and seen various threads of injustice weave through it. Until now, no wording has existed to...
10 April 2002
Film Review: Halle Berry’s breasts not the only things exposed in “Monster’s Ball”
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If movies could be convicted of a crime, this one would be on Death Row.

OK, “Monster’s Ball” is beautifully shot. And the music is haunting in this tale of race, sex, violence and twisted lives in a small town in post-...
09 April 2002
American Journal: From the West Bank to Barbecue
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Alexander Cockburn
For those eagerly awaiting the uproar from this writer on the unspeakable assaults on Palestinians on the West Bank, the carnage in the camps and the siege of the Holy Church of the Nativity by Sharon's troops, a word of warning: This...

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