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Doomsday everyday?

by Henry Lamb -- If there's not a crisis -- invent one. This seems to be the philosophy of the Worldwatch Institute, whose latest "doomsday" forecast calls for an end to the more…

Waco: How the press failed

by Craige McMillan -- I'm always amused when one particular type of reader writes to me, asking how I know thus-and-such, as stated in my column of such-a-date. "What is your source?" more…

Buried truth

by Tanya K. Metaksa -- In response to last week's The Waco Phoenix I received an e-mail from a reader who suggested I remember that "Reno and Freeh didn't say anything about reopening more…

Russia's linguistic deception

by J.R. Nyquist -- Shortly after the Korean War broke out, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin published a curious little essay. It was not about the war that was being fought in the more…

The green commandos

by Joseph Farah -- In March, 40 officers divided into 10 four-man teams swooped in with helicopters in a pre-dawn raid to seize six suspects in Dorchester County, Md. The principal suspect, more…

Police action, military style

by Jon Dougherty -- As a naval reserve corpsman, when I was still assigned to the Marine Corps for combat training, we performed many "assault" drills designed to hone our attack skills. more…

The season for dyslexia

by Samuel Blumenfeld -- About 4 million children will be entering first grade in the public schools this fall. They all expect to be taught to read. After all, that's what school more…

Harry Truman had it right

by David Hackworth -- In 1947, at President Harry Truman's behest, a commission studying Universal Military Training unanimously recommended that every young man serve in our armed forces. But Congress, weary from more…

'Dragon lady'

by Maralyn Lois Polak -- It was a vile day and I was in a vile mood. Robert Downey Jr., serving a stiff jail sentence for using drugs, wasn't a criminal, he was more…

America, land of restricted opportunity

by Walter Williams -- Let's set the background with a sampling of sentiments of yesteryear's Supreme Court Justices considered trash by most of today's justices, legal scholars, legislators and politicians in general. more…