Our View U N program utterly corrupt and exposed
The column argues the U N Oil for Food program was corrupt from its start, enabled by ineffective sanctions on Iraq, and enriched many parties. It cites Duelfer’s Iraq Study Group and GAO estimates of over ten billion in illegal revenues, urging full investigation and accountability.
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United Nations Oil For Food
CIA
Charles Duelfer
Iraq
United States
United Nations
Saddam Hussein
Kuwait
Ivan Eland
Center On Peace and Liberty
Oakland
Independent Institute
Cuba
Saddam
U.N
Charles Pena
Libertarian Cato Institute
Kofi Annan
Government Accountability Office
Congress
Duelfer
France
Russia
Federal Reserve
Paul Volcker
Choosing the Right College and campus atmosphere debate
Lowell, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, argues parents must stay involved in college selection amid rising campus risks and curricular concerns. He cites NYU deaths this year and critiques the trend toward ideologically driven curricula over substantive education.
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New York University
NYU
UCLA
Cornell
Lowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Public Forum Questions Open Records at Pecos ISD
A reader asks why superintendent Ray Matthews denied a written public records request on a school employee's salary and job details. The letter alleges the district's attorney cited a nonpublic lawsuit as a reason, while the writer notes unrelated incidents and questions about transparency and safety in Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD.
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Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District
Ray Matthews
Matthews
Texas Attorney General's Office
Texas
Attorney General's Office
Pecos
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
Odessa residents seek relief from high waste costs
D Perano argues Odessa blocks competition and raises apartment trash fees. He says landlords and the city profit while low income and senior tenants bear the burden, suggesting Duncan Disposal as a cheaper alternative to curb rate hikes.
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Microsoft
Odessa
Duncan Disposal
D. Perano
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Joan Kerr
Ken Brodnax
Bit Salter
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West Virginia
Amon Times
DISPA
Lallard
Illmore
By Bruce Tinsley