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Identity in Tibet

Published September 26, 2002

Diane Fu's column "Democratic propaganda blinds all in Tibetan controversy," (Sept. 24) almost makes a useful point, but then gets lost in a rant against U.S. government propaganda. She rightly points...

Morass on the mountain

Published September 26, 2002

The University is nudging toward joining the controversial Mount Graham telescope project. Sandra Gardebring, University vice president and the administration's representative in the matter, said Tuesday...

Kill the death penalty

Published September 26, 2002

More and more there seems to be evidence of mistakes and mistrials involving death penalty sentences in the United States. And again a federal judge says it's unconstitutional ("Judge declares death penalty...

Ventura in Cuba

Published September 26, 2002

Gov. Jesse Ventura arrived in Cuba yesterday, despite pleas from the George W. Bush administration and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to cancel his visit. Ventura will be attending the U.S. Food and Agribusiness...

War is justified

Published September 26, 2002

After reading "U.S. represents threat to world peace," (Sept. 25) I am curious how President George W. Bush can be a threat to world peace. He has not only asked Congress for permission to go to war with...

Buses are better

Published September 26, 2002

The column "Professors, buses make back-to-school blues," (Sept. 25) portrayed mass transit, particularly Metro Transit bus service, as an unreliable service, necessary only for those who are not lucky...

The rhetoric of war

Published September 25, 2002

On Monday, President George W. Bush while addressing a crowd in Trenton, N.J., threw out his slogan "Ö either you're with us or you're with the enemy." To Bush and his hawkish cabinet, it appears that...

Diplomacy can work

Published September 25, 2002

The remarks by David Simon, "Pre-emptive attacks are prudent foreign policy," (Sept. 23) support a world view that escalates military tension and destabilizes any hope for a world order. In the wake of...

Resolve tensions through dialogue

Published September 25, 2002

In response to the article, "U police investigate assault, role of bias," (Sept. 24) I do not believe that the response to this incident should be dominated by knee-jerk "progressive" political correctness....

U.S. represents threat to world peace

by Scott Laderman
Published September 25, 2002

Two weeks ago, Nelson Mandela told Newsweek magazine that the United States represents "a threat to world peace." Its posturing on Iraq, he claimed, was grounded in the Bush administration's "desire to...

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