Let’s consider the most basic of facts. In 1804, the world human population met a milestone of 1 billion people. It didn’t double again until 1927, yet doubled again to 4 billion in 1974. By 2012, the world human population surpassed the 7 billion mark with over half of the world’s population living in urban […]
Todd Fagin
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Playing snow day roulette
It seems our Republican “leadership” has opted for a similar strategy regarding the establishment of a health care exchange. Rather than taking federal funds to establish the exchange, the governor, under right-wing pressure and the hope that the U.S. Supreme Court would strike down the entire law, rejected the funds. This risky move did not […]
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Thank you, Ms. Luper
As I ventured into my American history class the first day of my sophomore year, I was unaware that I was opening a door to a school-yearlong experience that would forever change my perspectives on the world. Sure, my fellow classmates and I were vaguely aware that Ms. Luper had some significance to our state’s […]
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Isn’t it ironic?
Is it not the least bit ironic that Rep. Paul Wesselhöft (Letters, “A call for nonviolent civil disobedience,” Aug. 25, Gazette) accuses liberals of demonization immediately prior to launching into a spurious, factually challenged attack on the supporters of Park51, the Islamic cultural center planned several blocks from where the World Trade Center buildings once […]