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China
Justice Tom Miller
Contractors
Potpourri
Still police state
THE BEIJING summer Olympics are magnificent, both for spectacular stadiums and artistic presentations, and for fervent feats of the world's best athletes.
Bus stop
Arts education
OF COURSE, Kanawha County schools feel the pain of higher gas prices, just like everyone else. But it does not necessarily follow that cutting art-related field trips is the best way to balance the need to educate students with the need to cut costs.
Afghanistan
Worsening quagmire
Seven years ago, Taliban fanatics in Afghanistan operated a barbaric regime, executing women in soccer stadiums and inflicting cruel theocratic punishments on others. The Taliban also harbored terror mastermind Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida network of suicide zealots. After the historic 9/11 attack on America, President Bush was correct to lend U.S. military support to northern tribes who drove out the Taliban.
