Balancing child protection and justice in Iowa policy
The Gazette argues against overreacting to fear of sex offenders and calls for a timelier accurate registry, clearer risk distinctions, consistent statewide notice, and funded safeguards to protect children while protecting due process. The note cites past registry flaws and a high profile case to urge measured policy reform.
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Iowa
Jesseta Gage
Cedar Rapids
Roger Paul Bentley
ANWR drilling debate divides lawmakers and publics
Wayne Madsen argues against opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration citing environmental risks to caribou and polar bears. He condemns Bush policy as pandering to Big Oil and urges investment in alternative energy and efficiency.
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George W. Bush
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Bush
Columbus
Arctic Coastal Plain
Alaska
OPEC
America
Refuge
North America
Prudhoe Bay
ANWR
South Carolina
Maine
mid-Florida
Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Interior Department
Akaka
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
California
Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Bush Administration
Fashion and FDA policy shift reshape drug approval era
The essay traces how drug regulation, once accelerated by the 1992 act, swung from urgent access to caution and controversy. It notes reputational tides, high profile withdrawals like Rezulin and Vioxx, and calls for stronger safety amid congressional skepticism and shifts in FDA practice.
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FDA
Food and Drug Administration
House
Newt Gingrich
R-Ga
America
Congress
Merck & Co
Grassley
Office of Drug Safety
Senate
Lester Crawford
Office of New Drugs
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U.S. Treasury
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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Wayne Madsen
Washington, D.C
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Switzerland
Mexico
Washington
Thomas Bliley
R-Va
Chuck Grassley
Anne Applebaum