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A beautiful democracy

THE PRESIDENTIAL election and the tumult surrounding it has become just about the easiest thing in the world to complain about, to point out flaws and gripe about the candidates and their relative stances on the whole gamut of issues.


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Respecting the University

Last week Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., celebrated its hundredth year as a sorority. They decided to commemorate the event by painting Beta Bridge, but unfortunately, the bridge and the anniversary message was defaced.


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Searching for Bobby Kennedy

I HAVE asked myself many times in the past two weeks whether the politics of this country will be tolerable for the next ten months if Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic presidential nomination.


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Cutting funds, cutting lives

THE DEMOCRATS' "100-hour" legislative agenda and the Bush administration's "New Way Forward" plan sadly ignore what should be a major component of American foreign policy: global poverty reduction.


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Honoring diversity

AS I prepared myself to write on strides the University has made in race relations, I opened The Cavalier Daily and read about a fresh incident of racial harassment.


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Corporate thievery

LAST YEAR'S holiday season generated a staggering $21 billion in revenues, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.


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Not so Goode

THOSE who follow local politics here in Charlottesville are used to seeing the local congressman, Republican Rep.


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What happened to June-uary?

SORRY, AL Gore: We aren't causing global warming. A change in the earth's temperature does not mean that humans are responsible just like a shrunken, blood covered leather glove doesn't mean that O.J.


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Outdated deployments

AMERICAN efforts against terrorism since 9/11 have witnessed an uncomfortable mix of inadvertent blunders and misguided strategic priorities.


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Jesus Christ, man

HE WEARS gold Rolexes and diamond-studded rings. He owns mansions, luxurious cars and, according to his daughter/accountant, received a salary (not counting gifts) of $136,000 in 2005.


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Read my lips?

LISTENING to the radio on my way to Charlottesville Monday, I heard a roundtable panel on C-SPAN discussing the Republican candidates and their prospects for winning the race.


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Striving for victory in Iraq

FOLLOWING last week's announcement by President Bush of a temporary troop surge to pacify Baghdad, it seemed like every pundit in America chimed in with a confident pronouncement of the proper course for Iraq.I am not going make another attempt to lay out a detailed, foolproof strategy for winning in Iraq because, frankly, I do not know one.


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Read my lips?

LISTENING to the radio on my way to Charlottesville Monday, I heard a roundtable panel on C-SPAN discussing the Republican candidates and their prospects for winning the race.

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