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Misconceptions of the state of Iraq

Despite the criticism and doom and gloom pictures painted by many naysayers about the condition of Iraq, the facts point to a completely different portrait of this country nearly five months after the topple of one the most evil regimes in history. Many among the fourth estate (the news media) have tried to portray Iraq as a failure and a complete and utter mess.


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Dialing with the intent to sell

THE PHONE rings at 8 a.m. on the day you have your latest class. Having gone to sleep just a few hours earlier after an intense night of studying, you groggily reach over to your phone.


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Biting the hand that feeds

REGARDLESS of how one feels about extending our country's military might abroad, most of us would agree that it is critically important and morally imperative to support the men and women serving in uniform.


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Dean: a Democrat demigod

DEAN CAN win. Republicans think the former governor of mighty Vermont is a joke; Democratic party leaders think he is a disaster waiting to happen.


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The rewards of the recall

ON SO MANY different levels, the California recall seems so strange, if not wrong. It goes against our expectations of parties and order in the electoral process; the characters involved are so unbelievable, even comical; the major parties are completely disjointed.


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Policy and politics

LAST WEEK in this space I addressed conflict-of-interest policy at The Cavalier Daily with regards to two Opinion staff members, Anthony Dick and Joe Schilling.


Opinion

The racism we're looking for

PSYCHOLOGISTS say that people often see what they want or expect to see -- that somehow, our preconceptions tend to bear themselves out to us, while others may perceive the same thing totally differently.


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The virtues of a public U.Va.

THE TOPIC seems to be nearly unavoidable: privatization of the University. Every couple months when a new facet of the current budget crisis is revealed, someone suggests that the University privatize and eliminate state funding altogether.


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Empty seats, empty minds

LAST TUESDAY, the Coalition and Student Council held a forum in Old Cabell Hall called "U.Va. in 20/20: How's Your Vision?" -- you must have seen the signs.


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Trading morals for money

My Chilean family was so normal. Take out the sharp fence surrounding their property, switch English for Spanish, leave in the snow-capped Andes nearby and we could have been in Colorado.


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Lefties' power grab in California

The liberals' most recent attempt to undermine the rule of law by creating law comes from none other than the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, an activist, left-wing court that represents the largest judicial district in the country.

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