Think Big or Pay a Huge Price in Cedar Rapids Redevelopment
Editorial panel at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library urged broad framing for Cedar Rapids land south of downtown. They urged a public private partnership to turn brownfields into mixed use spaces with riverfront access, parks, and cultural centers while weighing residential, commercial, and tourist potentials against air quality and traffic needs.
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National
Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Cedar Rapids
Sinclair- Wilson-Farmstead
Iowa Iron
Iowa Steel
Ed Freer
Smith Group Jjr
Madison
Wis
Freer
Smith Group
Midwest
Battle Creek
Saginaw
Mich
Lakefront
Milwaukee
Akron
Ohio
Racine
Heck
County Board of Supervisors
Cedar River
Amtrak
Iowa
Does Sept 11 change us or not
Julia Keller argues that post 9 11 transformation is subtle and long term not visible in snapshots. She notes media hype about instant change, cites lingering shifts in attitudes, and warns true soul change may take a generation to reveal itself. Keller cites Wittgenstein and the idea that behavior over time reveals beliefs. Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services
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America
Red Cross
New York Times
Vietnam
Bush
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Glenn Close
Julia Keller
Chicago Tribune
Knight Ridder
Tribune Information Services
Should we give up being Americans to save America
An opinion piece questions U S reliance on a large intelligence and military complex after 3000 deaths in New York and Washington. It argues the CIA and other services seek more money while urging perspective on terrorism and the prioritization of budgets over health education unemployment. The author challenges equating today’s threat to WWII or Cold War eras.
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America
OS Angeles
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
New York
Washington
George Tenet
U.S
Army
Navy
Air Force
al-Qaida
Iran
Iraq
North Korea
Tenet
CIA
Nazi Germany
Japan
Soviet Union
Bush Administration
Sparta
New England
National ID and the cost of fear for American strength
The piece criticizes eight years of anti military sentiment under Clinton, praising U S troops while warning against yielding civil liberties and social programs in fear. It contrasts NATO concerns with an asserted need for resilience and warns against surrendering American values to combat perceived threats.
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Bill Clinton
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the Gazette
Mark Bowden
Jerry Elsen
Dave Storey
Scott Swenson
Peg Schmitz
By Julia Keller
Suarpanck Dowd
Hell
Richard Reeves
Universal Press Syndicate
Clinton
NATO
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