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...some of Obama’s peers...find it puzzling that despite Obama’s openly progressive views on social issues, he has also won support from staunch conservatives,” the piece read. “Ironically, he has come under the most criticism from fellow black students for being too conciliatory toward conservatives and not choosing more blacks to other top positions on the law review...
...Your reporting raised serious questions about why the U.S. went to war in Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney was an early and staunch advocate for the invasion. Then Halliburton, his former company, was given a huge no-bid contract to rebuild Iraq and run the oil fields. No wonder most of the world is appalled by what we are doing there. No wonder 50% of Americans are disgusted and angry with what George W. Bush has done to Iraq. The only wonder is why the other 50% think he is doing O.K. D. Alan Caccia Honokaa...
Your reporting raised serious questions about why the U.S. went to war in Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney was an early and staunch advocate for the invasion. Then Halliburton, his former company, was given a huge no-bid contract to rebuild Iraq and run the oil fields. No wonder most of the world is appalled by what we are doing there. No wonder 50% of Americans are disgusted and angry with what Bush has done to Iraq. The only wonder is why the other 50% think he is doing O.K. D. ALAN CACCIA Honokaa, Hawaii...
Another pillar of Reagan's approach was to get government out of the way of growing businesses. Deregulation had started tentatively under Carter with the airlines, but Reagan applied it broadly, to energy and broadcasting and butressed it with a dismantling of antitrust laws. Reagan was a staunch free-trader and did little to stop the onslaught against sluggish American corporations from aggressive Japanese manufacturers. Reagan's term coincided with the height of Japan's economic boom, and his instinct was that in the long run, it would be better to let most companies fend for themselves...
Several soon-to-be law school graduates said afterwards that they were glad Stein, a staunch Republican, refrained from delivering an overtly political speech...