RSSOpinion / Monday, May 19, 2008
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They are pedophiles, not polygamists
By Ellen Goodman
BOSTON — During the Vietnam War there was a phrase that came to symbolize the entire misbegotten adventure: “It became necessary to destroy the village in order to save it.” It was said at first with sincerity, then repeated with irony, and finally with despair.
Credibility key factor for Obama, McCain
By David Broder
WASHINGTON — One way of measuring the current miserable state of the Republican Party is to note that in the past 10 weeks, 55 years of Republican seniority in the House of Representatives were wiped out in three special elections.
Help tell Davenport’s civil rights story
By Art Pitz
The Davenport Civil Rights Commission asked me to take on the task of capturing and telling the civil rights history of Davenport. This is a compelling story and well worth exploring. I’d like to point to several factors that helped make a civil rights movement in Davenport possible, and successful.
Library records tell tale of Davenport’s first slain police officer
By Amy Driscoll
A blog excerpt from Davenport Library’s Special Collections archivists.
Fejervary Zoo takes another circular course
By Times Staff
Here we go again. The well-intentioned Fejervary Zoo task force seeking to end the history of animal abuse and neglect at the city-owned zoo came up with a plan that plows no new ground. Instead, it circles around to a path Davenport trod once, then abandoned: a petting zoo. The task force recommends the city “begin this transition immediately by contracting with local petting zoo,” to “end the city’s ownership of animals.”
