Posted on December 19, 2006 by thestateofblog
Iverson, pending NBA officials’ approval, will be traded to the Denver Nuggets for a package including guard Andre Miller, forward Joe Smith and both of Denver’s 2007 first-round draft picks, according to a source with knowledge of the trade talks between the teams.ddThe State Of . . . the 76ers. As a former Philadelphia [...]
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Posted on December 19, 2006 by thestateofblog
The Supreme Court will soon decide whether “racial balancing” will be permitted in public elementary schools. After Brown v. Board of Ed., should creating a diverse student body be legal? And should blacks (and other minorities) worry about going to school with whites? Read the opinion of black conservative Thomas Sowell.
“The racial [...]
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Posted on December 19, 2006 by thestateofblog
New Orleans police lined up “like at a firing range” and fatally shot an unarmed man in the back as he fled from them in the days after Hurricane Katrina swept ashore, a witness to the shooting told CNN.
It marks the first time a witness has come forward publicly with information about the shooting of [...]
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Posted on December 19, 2006 by thestateofblog
“In urging intensified training of the Iraqi army and an expedited withdrawal, the Baker Commission is laying down the predicate for the case that America did not lose this war, Iraqis lost their own war.
“This ISG report is less about saving Iraq than about saving the U.S. establishment from being held responsible for the [...]
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