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Doyle McManus: The second-term scandal plague
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more errors it makes, and the harder they are to...
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Carl Hiaasen: IRS went after small fry, but let the big ones get away
"Please provide copies of all your current web pages, including your blog posts. Please provide copies of all your newsletters, bulletins, flyers or any other media or literature you have disseminated to your members or others. Please provide copies of stories and articles that have been published...
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Ban bullies and bullhooks
Every day it seems we learn more about the astounding sophistication of elephant communication. The most recent revelations, coming from experts who have studied elephants in the wild for decades, further establish the scope and scale of these animals' intelligence, social relationships and emotional...
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A federal 'shield' for reporters
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, May 17:
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Frida Ghitis: Amid crisis, Europe resists lure of extremism
It hardly qualifies as breaking news that Europe is in the middle of a deep and protracted economic contraction. When a story, no matter how shocking, goes on for years, the natural inclination is to let it fade to the background of our awareness. But a visit to Spain - even to one of the cities...
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The specter of human cloning
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, May 17:
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Not just any body
If you don't believe in souls or an afterlife, then a corpse is just a body - potentially a teaching tool, a source of life-saving organs, but little more.
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Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue
If the horrific garment factory collapse last month in Bangladesh has any silver lining, it is the response from more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies - including Benetton, PVH, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, Inditex (Zara), Marks & Spencer and Tesco - to sign an agreement to protect ...
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Internet back doors would create cyber risks
The following editorial appeared in the Kansas City Star on Friday, May 17:
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Ending abuses in garment industry requires a unified effort by the world's apparel firms
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, May 17:
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On Manatee's June 18 sales tax referendum: Issue lacks merit at this time
Regarding the public vote for a half-cent sales tax increase to fund our indigent health care, the Federation of Manatee County Community Associations would like to cite six factors relevant to a voting decision.
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