Category Archives: Local/Metro

An interesting article about Sunday’s Republican Debate, held in Orlando, appears in The Nation. The article was written by Bob Moser, who attended the event, and is entitled The New GOP Means Business. The article makes these observations: The Republican … Continue reading →

Reuters reports that the Bush administration wants to cut a key government program designed to help low income households pay heating bills. The program is called Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and was initiated in 1981 and originally … Continue reading →

20,000 Documented Violent Deaths of Iraqi Civilians in First Nine Months of 2007 According to Iraqi Body Count (IBC), at least 20,000 Iraqi civilians have died violent deaths in the first nine months of 2007, and a total of between … Continue reading →