Issue: 19
December 5, 2002
Commentary
Rule of the Pirates
Guest Commentator
The figure had been bouncing around think tanks and Capitol Hill for months, and on December 1 made the front page of the Washington Post: Bush’s invasion and occupation of Iraq will cost the American taxpayer between $100 and $200 billion. Think of this fantastic sum as a mountain of contracts, because that is precisely…
The figure had been bouncing around think tanks and Capitol Hill for months, and on December 1 made the front page of the Washington Post: Bush's…
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Commentary
College SATs
Guest Commentator
“You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: ‘now, you are free to go where you want, do as you desire, and choose the leaders you please.’ You do not take a man who for years has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race,…
"You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: 'now, you are free to go where you want, do as you desire, and choose…
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Commentary
e-MailBox
Guest Commentator
cartoonist Khalil Bendib didn’t set out to draw a holiday greeting card, but his November 28 creation was just so damn good, readers couldn’t help but treat it like one. We’ve been informed that readers have been emailing Feast of the Parasites (one of our informal titles for the cartoon, not Khalil’s) to friends and…
cartoonist Khalil Bendib didn't set out to draw a holiday greeting card, but his November 28 creation was just so damn good, readers couldn't help but…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
There is not a more coveted degree by the status-starved Black elite than that which is conferred by Harvard University. The Cambridge center of traditional American intellectualism can lay claim to having stamped a goodly number of government and industry leaders with its crimson imprimatur. A negro wearing a Harvard brand has always earned special…
There is not a more coveted degree by the status-starved Black elite than that which is conferred by Harvard University. The Cambridge center of traditional American…
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Guest Commentary
AIDS – Discrimination is Deadly
Guest Commentator
On December 1, events in Washington, DC and around the world commemorated World AIDS Day. Throughout this week we focus on the terrible toll this plague has taken, and continues to take, in our communities, across our country, and worldwide. It is a time when we reflect on our shared vulnerability in the face of…
On December 1, events in Washington, DC and around the world commemorated World AIDS Day. Throughout this week we focus on the terrible toll this plague…
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