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The Minnesota Daily

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The Minnesota Daily

Opinion

Political gymnastics belie unwise decisions

Published September 26, 2002

DBy Larry Jacobs id you know that growing numbers of Americans are filing new claims for unemployment insurance when they have been out of work for six months or more and are giving up even searching for...

International court will restrict liberties

by Anthony Sanders
Published September 26, 2002

Do you believe in the liberties enshrined in our Bill of Rights? Do you object to the continuing infringement of our liberties, most notably evidenced in the USA Patriot Act? Do you think giving increased...

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...

American public deserves reasons for war

Published September 25, 2002

Before Sept. 11, President George W. Bush's policy on Iraq was essentially one of "containment." As a recent New York Times piece points out, before Sept. 11, "Iraq was, frankly, nobody's high priority...

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...

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