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25 June 2002
Peace is better than war
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- "Jaw, jaw," said Winston Churchill, "is better than war, war."

I bring up the not-often-contested notion that peace is better than war only because it seems the Bush administration is incapable of...
18 June 2002
Democrats in Texas
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Molly Ivins
EL PASO, Texas -- - Tony Sanchez, Democratic candidate for governor of Texas, made an effective speech at the state convention here. Some of you may not recognize this as a "STOP THE PRESSES!" moment, but that's because life has not forced...
17 June 2002
A Creeping Indifference and a Silent Hollowing Out
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Norman Solomon
American journalism has devoted massive attention to reporting on business in recent years. Overall news outlets are enthralled with efforts in our society to maximize corporate profits and personal wealth. Top executives and shrewd...
13 June 2002
Three Decades Later, Watergate Is A Cautionary Tale
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Norman Solomon
Thirty years have passed since Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein began to cover the Watergate story. The investigative journalism that they did back then still stands out as exceptional. Unfortunately.
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12 June 2002
Texas state Republican convention
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Molly Ivins
DALLAS -- The world will little note nor long remember what was said at the Republican state convention last weekend. Nevertheless, the shindig had its moments. (I first saw the Lincoln quote applied to some political event in the Boston...
12 June 2002
Speak the vocabulary of consumer protection
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- In the Most Chilling Quote category, consider this gem from Mitchell Daniels, director of the office of Management and Budget, concerning the administration's ongoing campaign to deregulate everything in sight: "We must...

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