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...outcome brought an end to the Republican Revolution that began in 1994 but lost its way as the party that came to Washington to cut government spending and clean up a corrupt institution ran into scandals of its own and found itself spending like drunken Democrats. Meanwhile, the vote increases the onus on Democrats to go beyond merely criticizing the President and show voters they have a constructive agenda of their...
...behind that of the rest of the population. During the last midterm election in 2002, turnout among 18 to 24-year-olds was a measly 23 percent as compared to 56 percent among voters over 25 according to CIRCLE. Although some young people may think that politicians are sleazy, corrupt, or flawed in their priorities, youth must not resign themselves to a political system that does not reflect their views...
...Although I'm hoping the midterm elections will spell the end of the corrupt Republican regime, I'm disheartened by the cause of the party's downfall, distasteful as it is. The end will not have been brought about by stolen elections, an unprovoked and disastrous war breeding more terrorism, suspension of habeas corpus, state support of torture or a dangerous and ballooning federal deficit. It's curious that Republicans might be toppled by the Foley fiasco. Seemingly, only a sex scandal can make voters take notice. Judy Matysik Minneapolis, Minnesota...
...India are afflicted with contagious fevers like dengue. Hospitals are overflowing, and there is a shortage of proper medicines. It is very obvious that these diseases are the brood of environmental disaster in India. I see waste from factories dumped on the side of public roads. Authorities are corrupt and close their eyes to these illegal activities. There are no public toilets, people litter, and there is no proper management in the cities and villages to remove garbage. India is on the verge of environmental disaster. The recent outbreaks of contagious fevers are only harbingers of the catastrophes to follow...
...after he presided over a civil war-torn decade of Marxist authoritarianism and economic disaster. Ortega was a bona fide guerrilla hero who had helped lead the Sandinista insurrection that overthrew the tyrant Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979. But Ortega proved to be a clueless and corrupt head of state, and after his 1990 electoral humiliation, he had looked set for the Cold War scrap heap. He failed in presidential bids in 1996 and 2001, and in 1998 his stepdaughter, Zoilamerica Narvaez, accused him of sexually molesting her throughout the 1980s and stalking her in the '90s, a charge Ortega...