Editorial on Iraq operation costs and wasteful aid
The piece denounces the Iraq war’s human and financial toll, citing Bowen’s audit showing billions wasted in reconstruction, unaccounted weapons, and a never-used police training camp. It questions where funds go as Bush seeks 1.2 billion more and 21,500 additional troops amid deteriorating security and Iraqi readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iraq
Stuart Bowen Jr
Iraq Reconstruction
Bowen
U.S
Bush
Congress
Baghdad
Anbar
United States
Mary Cheney Pregnancy Becomes Political Statement
Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr argues Mary Cheney’s pregnancy with Heather Poe starkly intersects politics. He cites James Dobson and media debates, asserting fathers matter and that the pregnancy reframes family and rights in the national discourse.
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James Dobson
Dobson
Focus On the Family
Mary Cheney
Time Magazine
Cheney
Heather Poe
Poe
Dick Cheney
Wolf Blitzer
CNN
Blitzer
Charm
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
Astronaut Nowak diaper scandal shocks space world
Bronwyn Lance Chester reflects on Lisa Nowak, the NASA astronaut accused in a bizarre love triangle. She drove 900 miles wearing diapers, allegedly to confront a rival, pepper sprayed Colleen Shipman, and faced charges including attempted murder and kidnapping. The column questions hero myths and public obsession with high achievers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Space Station
Earth
NASA
Lisa Nowak
Houston
Orlando
Nowak
Navy
Naval Academy
Texas
Florida
Robochick
Colleen Shipman
Shipman
William Oefelein
Love
Space Agency
Bush
Moon
Mars
Red Planet
Iraq
Congress
Bronwyn Lance Chester
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Lancepoint
Yahoo.com
Dismay over KU title issue and 1982 state budget woes
Kansas legislators voice concern over a $100,000 cost to obtain clear title to a former KU aircraft and critique a nursing home aide training law. Meanwhile Ted Owens led KU basketball to an 84-58 win over Nebraska as a church fire caused major damage and city planning sought efficient agency balance.
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Kansas
Kansas University
Mike Hayden
House
Ways and Means Committee
Paul Hess
Senate
Jessie Branson
D-Lawrence
Ted Owens
Nebraska
Centenary Methodist
Fourth and Elm
Milton P. Allen
Phog
Charles Stough
Kaw Valley Grain Co
Perry
Ken Jorgensen
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Journal-World
W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Denis Anderson
Chris Bell
Manger
al Bonner
Id Clambrone
Dan Cox
World Online
Ann Gardner
Bill Snead
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence
Smart
P.O
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Dolph C. Simons
Ralph Gage
New York
Glamour Magazine
America
Pitts
Miamiherald.com
Lawrence Daily World
Topeka
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