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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 2005
Page
8
The Middletown Journal, established in 1857, lists Edwina Blackwell Clark as publisher and M. David Goodwin as editor with Michael Williams serving as editorial page editor.
Editorial urges ending the E-Check emissions program in southwest counties Butler, Warren, Hamilton and Montgomery as Envirotech contract ends in 2005, while extending it in northeast counties due to a federal air quality mandate. Calls for alternative measures to meet clean air standards and notes public concerns about the program’s effectiveness and abuses.
The secretary for human rights calls solving Sister Dorothy Stang’s murder an honor for Brazil, but her death highlights a long history of land conflicts. Loggers and ranchers threaten peasants while the state wobbles between crackdown and concession. The nun fought for sustainable development and the rights of the landless, earning admiration but paying with her life. The piece urges a broad campaign against those who would profit from crime rather than a narrow pursuit of one killer.
Washington Post columnist Marie Cocco critiques the Pentagon confirmed abuses at Guantanamo Bay. She notes unclear identities of women involved, questions official responses, and highlights a pattern of sexual degradation used to break detainees.
Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy analyzes J L King’s book On the Down Low while highlighting alarming HIV infection rates among Black women and young Black men. He urges condoms and caution amid calls for awareness and risk reduction.
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