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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Under pressure in a caustic campaign debate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday night the American people "know where I stand" and accused her rivals of distorting her record and slinging mud "right out of the Republican playbook.""There's nothing personal about this," countered former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who joined Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in bluntly accusing Clinton of forever switching positions on Social Security, driver's licenses for illegal immigrants and other issues."What the American people are looking for right now is straight answers to tough questions, and that is not what we have...

Truth or Dare DAVE BARRY Sept. 5, 2004 When you've been writing a column for as long as I have -- six billion years this Tuesday -- you get used to receiving a certain type of letter. It's known in journalism as the ''I Dare You To Print This!'' (IDYTPT for short) letter, because the letter-writer challenges you, the columnist, to print the letter, implying you lack the courage. Generally you don't print it, for two reasons. One is, you get a lot of these letters (at least I do) and if you printed them all, your column would consist...

Should all Drugs be Legalized? A conservative Mormon’s solution Edward K. Watson Ladies and gentlemen, I have news that will shock you – the Drug War is a failure! Cost of the War on DrugsThe Western world has spent TRILLIONS of dollars fighting drug use over the past century and what do we have to show for it? Millions of addicts, billionaire drug lords, phenomenally wealthy drug cartels and drug dealers, a more than $500 billion global illicit drug industry, corrupt security and judicial officers, millions incarcerated in overcrowded prisons, astronomical drug-related assaults, murders, thefts and prostitution and criminal...