EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW.Highlights from some of our more important editorials this past week. To read the editorials in full, please visit our Web site at www.dailynews.com. Farewell, John Paul II John Paul II, 1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected since the Dutch Adrian VI (1522–23) and the first Polish and Slavic pope. That the pope's death would capture the world's attention is testament not only to the uniqueness of the papacy papacy (pā`pəsē), office of the pope, head of the Roman Catholic Church. He is pope by reason of being bishop of Rome and thus, according to Roman Catholic belief, successor in the see of Rome (the Holy See) to its first bishop, St. Peter. , but also to the character and the presence of the most recent man to hold it. Missing link? With the announcement of the California Department of Transportation's plans to make an important fix on the 101-405 interchange, there's only one thing to be said: Finally! Talking trash Members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
Border disorder The supposed ``success'' of Minuteman Project Minuteman Project often refers to two separate factions of groups formed to deter illegal crossings of all the borders of the United States, with most undocumented people coming from Mexico. volunteers at the Mexico-Arizona border ironically proves that the problem isn't border enforcement - it's federal immigration policy An immigration policy is any policy of a state that affects the transit of persons across its borders, but especially those that intend to work and to remain in the country. . |
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