Quote from Hugo Black on free speech in government
Supreme Court justice Hugo L. Black in 1942 emphasizes that freedom to speak and write about public questions is vital to government as the heart is to the body. A weakened heart leads to debilitation, a stilled heart to failure.
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Buyer Beware Of Hidden Credit Card Fees And Tricks
Editorial warns Franklin County readers about deceptive credit card offers from out-of-state banks. It highlights a First Premier Bank card with a 9.9 percent rate plus $95 program fee, $29 setup, $48 annual, $72 participation, and $20 per extra card, plus monthly late fees and possible 23.9 percent rates. It notes extra charges for auto drafts, online status checks, and finance charges, urging purchases with cash and caution about unscrupulous merchants aiming to profit from consumers.
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First Premier Bank of
Sioux Falls
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Iraqi sovereignty illusion under US-led handover plan
Maren Milligan of MERIP argues the June 30 transfer date is a sham as interim Iraqi authority remains controlled by the United States. The CPA backed poll shows scant public support for leaders, while the Open Society Institute flags nearly $2 billion Iraqi Development Fund spending tied to opaque projects. U.S. troops remain entrenched, with Interim President al-Yawir and security operations under foreign oversight.
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U.N
Lakhdar Brahimi
Coalition Provisional Authority
Paul Bremer
Robert Blackwill
Iyad Allawi
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CPA
Allawi
Saddam Hussein
Ghazi al-Yawir
Sistani
Iraq Revenue Watch Project
Open Society Institute
Iraq Development Fund
U.S
United States
Defense Department
al-Yawir
Falluja
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Bush Administration
Maren Milligan
Middle East
MERIP
Washington, DC
Reader comments on disc golf at Pomona and Kanza Park
Ottawa readers praise disc golf courses. Dave Vague notes Pomona State Park in Vassar has a disc golf course 20 miles west of Ottawa and reports players have no problems. A reader also compares Pomona to Kanza Park and supports adding a disc golf course.
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Pomona State Park
Vassar
Kanza Park
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