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28 August 2001
Jesse Helms: 16th century thinkin'
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- I am indebted to Jon Stewart of the Comedy Channel and to "The Daily Show," the last real news program on cable television, for the idea of a collection of quotes from Sen. Jesse Helms:

-- On the subject of...
21 August 2001
Death, texas style
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- OK, let's try this again, Texans. We now have one of the highest execution rates in the entire world.

Here are the numbers according to Amnesty International and some math: In 2000, four countries around...
16 August 2001
Globalization, Trucks, and Trade Treaties
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Mexican truck debate is a pip because it reveals so much about globalization and its attendant problems.

I have a dog in this fight: I live nestled...
01 July 2001
Two tome picks for summer
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN — What a glorious year for the summer reading list! Enough gems to stock any list — fiction and non-, funny and tragic, sometimes both simultaneously; plus a perfect plethora of peppy public policy books.

But there are two...

01 July 2001
Why is everybody always picking on US?
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Bob Fitrakis
In a five day period in early May, the United States was justifiably slapped around at the United Nations. It’s about time. While the mainstream media encourages U.S. citizens to angerly mutter “Why are they picking on us? We’re so...
01 July 2001
Overdue verdue: Media scrutiny of the 'White Bloc'
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Norman Solomon
As police fired rubber bullets through tear gas in Quebec City, many reporters echoed the claim that “free trade” promotes democracy. Meanwhile, protesters struggled to shed light on a key fact: The proposed hemispheric trade pact would...

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