Obama enters secretive era despite open promise
In Our View argues that Barack Obama campaigned on unprecedented openness but his early presidency shows a widening gap between rhetoric and action. It notes deals with Big Pharma, limited Internet disclosure of major legislation, continued signing statements, and nontransparent court actions amid state secrets claims.
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Barack Obama
Bush White House
C-Span
Big Pharma
Medicare
White House
Obama
Libertarian Cato Institute
Jim Harper
George W. Bush
WhiteHouse.gov
Sunlight Foundation
Supreme Court
Bush
Law markers Republican lawmakers contact details listed
Federal officials U S Rep Mike Conaway Republican of Midland provides Washington and local offices in Odessa and Midland with phone numbers and a contact web form The record also lists U S Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison with Washington addresses phone numbers and email links for public contact.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon House
Washington, D.C
Fox
Ad W. Eighth St
Fifth Floor
Odessa
Desta Drive
Conaway
House
John Cornyn
Hart Senate
Cornyn
Senate
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell Senate
Hutchison. Senate. Gov
Let peace begin with me editorial charge inspires readers
Pulitzer Prize winner 1988 Ken Brodnax on the editorial page urges self control as the path to freedom. The newspaper proclaims freedom as a God given gift, not a political grant from anarchy, aligning with moral truths in the Coveting Commandment, the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence.
A hard pill to swallow on stimulus effects
Snippet of Jacob Sullum critiquing Christina Romer and the 787 billion stimulus. He argues evaluating the Recovery Act’s impact is uncertain since most money was spent after the recession began, cites ProPublica figures, and notes limited job gains per cost. He questions claimed employment benefits and efficiency.
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Christina Romer
White House
Counsel of Economic Advisers
Romer
Economic Club of
Washington
Dr. Obama
ProPublica
Obama
Woodstock memories and the lost innocence of a generation
Chandler reflects on the Woodstock festival from a porch, noting the era’s upheavals and shifts in culture. She recalls personal absence due to family duties, contrasts flower power with later responsibilities, and admits Woodstock would not have been her scene. She frames the event as a symbolic turning point that altered norms.
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Charlena Chandler
Woodstock
Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi
Catskills
Vietnam
Chicago
Lewis Grizzard
Mr. Grizzard
Elvis Presley
Beatles
Jimi Hendrix
Jefferson Airplane
Joan Baez
New York
Flower Power
Broadway
Chandler
Dryden
UTPB Volleyball Favored for Heartland Conference Title
Odessa American backs the University of Texas Permian Basin as the predicted Heartland Conference champion in preseason polling. Readers may send positive or negative opinions on current topics by emailing onletters Capa.com with a thumbs nomination.
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UTPB
Odessa
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