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By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Star Editorial Board

Of course, right-wing radio hosts and bloggers are attacking Barack Obama for the inflammatory language used by his longtime pastor, Jeremiah Wright Jr.

By Denise Tiller, 2008 Midwest Voices Panel

I think it's important to note that children are even more susceptible to second-hand smoke than adults.

According to the CDC and the EPA, over half of children in the US between the ages of 3 and 11 have nicotine in their blood at levels higher than adult nonsmokers. Exposure to smoke can cause low birth-weight babies and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome as well as learning and behavior problems, asthma and respiratory infections, and ear infections.

One of the most reprehensible features of George W. Bush’s presidency has been its use of torture, although he clings to euphemisms for the practice.

Responsible political leaders in both parties must continue to try to move the country back toward interrogation policies that are in line with traditional American values.

Records of e-mail likely will reveal whether Gov. Matt Blunt’s aides used state time and property to conduct political business.

The messages are public documents under Missouri’s Sunshine Law, experts on the law say. The governor’s office claimed, however, that it routinely had deleted e-mail messages.