Absent remorse at Abu Ghraib court martial
The piece recalls Spc. Jeremy Smits and Staff Sgt. Ivan Frederick expressing remorse at their spring court-martials, with Smits apologizing to Iraqis and Frederick receiving eight years. It details Fort Hood verdicts for Spc. Charles Graner Jr., who led abuses, and criticizes defense rhetoric while urging ethical accountability in wartime.
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Abu Ghraib
Administration of Justice
Spc
Jeremy C. Smits
Smits
Ivan Frederick
Charles A. Graner Jr
Fort Hood
Graner
NBC
Guy Womack
America
Womack
Texas lawmakers face new tax reform to repair budgets
The 2003 tax cuts left a 7 billion shortfall through 2006 07, and lawmakers now seek more revenue and a state property tax shift. Proposals include a business activity tax and higher cigarette and sales taxes to restore funding for public schools and child services.
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Texas
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Rick Perry
David Dewhurst
Tom Craddick
Senate
Let peace begin with me editorial pledge
The Odessa American presents a 1988 Pulitzer Prize editorial by Ken Brodnax, with Bill Salter as publisher emeritus, asserting that freedom is self-control and a God given gift, not a political grant from anarchy, aligning with moral guides and the Declaration of Independence.
No lack of ambition by Mona Char en columnist and attorney
Mona Char en, a syndicated columnist and attorney, was a speech writer in the Reagan White House. The item notes her notable push for bold political stances and legal expertise shaping national discourse.
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Charen
Reanan
Bush declares liberty drive shapes second term
The president frames a global liberty vision linking America's vital interests to extending freedom worldwide. He defends the Iraq War as part of a longer struggle for democracy, urges nurture of democratic movements, and ties policy to faith guiding his leadership.
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George W. Bush
Bush
America
U.S
United States
Iraq
What’s wrong with pleasure in Tibor Machan’s view
The piece argues that our political ethic misplaces happiness. It contrasts the duty to others with personal happiness, noting a trend toward denouncing self‑pleasure. A letter writer and broader public debate illustrate this tension in modern America.
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Box
Odessa, TX
Fox
Odessa
Emerican
Ken Brodnax
Bill Salter
Patrick Canty
John Kerr
Mona Charen
Topix.net
Georgebush
Michael Newdon
Susan Graham
Lincoln
Gary
Machan
Tibor Machan
Freedom.com
Sophocles
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