Size matters in Iowa high schools and policy
The Gazette argues that high school size affects graduation rates equity and costs. Research favors around 400 students per school, with 100 as a lower bound being far from ideal. Iowa should expand focus from tiny, remote schools to also examining very large schools and options like schools within schools to preserve individual attention.
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Kerry Edwards 2004 election views and abortion rhetoric
Letter writers discuss Kerry vs Bush with calls for Kerry and Edwards, analyze women voters and 2008 prospects, and claim abortion and Iraq deaths justify anti abortion and anti terrorism positions. Rebecca Strathman argues Americans destroy themselves through abortion while terrorists would fund it. Mount Vernon.
Conservatives pushed for Iraq attack long before 9/11
An analysis cites a 1998 PNAC letter urging regime change in Iraq signed by Elliott Abrams Richard Armitage John Bolton Paula Dobriansky Peter Rodman Donald Rumsfeld and others later in Bush era. It argues 9/11 did not justify the war and hints oil as a factor while avoiding explicit judgment.
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Richard Armitage
John Bolton
Paula Dobriansky
Peter W. Rodman
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William Schneider Jr
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Dick Cheney
Jeb Bush
Bush distorts Kerry on use of military policy
The piece accuses President Bush of lying by omission about Senator Kerry’s stance on using military force. It asserts Kerry said he would not yield U S war powers to other nations and institutions and criticizes Bush for selectively quoting the debate.
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John Edwards
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Kris Steiner
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The United Nations cannot solve all problems
Anne Applebaum argues the United Nations is not a government or ally and warns against relying on it for large scale problems such as Iraq. The oil-for-food scandal shows how aid programs can become money-laundering schemes, with figures like Benon Sevan implicated. The UN lacks accountability and cannot be trusted to deliver long term solutions without oversight.
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