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An Australian Defense of Marriage
Last week the High Court of Australia struck down as unconstitutional a statute allowing same-sex marriage.
The Affordable Care Act is Not Socialism
How did it happen that we are allowing the conservatives to label The Affordable Care Act socialized medicine and/or socialism?
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Permanent Address for Palestinian Solidarity
The intellectual dishonesty of Israelu2019s supporters is appalling. But in some odd way, it is also understandable.
Boycotts, Backlash, Authority and Change
The decision on the part of the American Studies Association to honor a call from Palestinian civil society for an academic boycott of Israel has garnered a wide range …
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Hillel International Faces Crisis as Swarthmore Chapter Rebels Against its Israel Guidelines
In a move that sent shockwaves through the American Jewish community, the Hillel chapter at Philadelphia's Swarthmore College declared in an open letter last week that it would not …
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Refugees Struggle in Ruined Camp
As the Syrian war intensifies sectarian clashes in Lebanonu2019s northern coastal city Tripoli, Palestinians in the area worriedly watch the violence from the sidelines.
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Rising Caseload, Fewer Labor Department Judges Triggers Painful Mix for Suffering Laborers
It's been a trying year for James Sawyer, who had two ruined lungs replaced in the space of seven months. Mounting medical expenses only add to his stress.
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Truman’s True Warning on the CIA
Fifty years ago, exactly one month after John Kennedy was killed, the Washington Post published an op-ed titled
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One Hundred Years Is Enough: Time to Make the Fed a Public Utility
December 23rd, 2013, marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, warranting a review of its performance. Has it achieved the purposes for which it was designed?
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Meet the Texas Farmer Challenging the Keystone Pipeline From the Courtroom to the Plains
Julia Trigg-Crawford claims that the state of Texas has no process to determine whether projects that seize landowners' property are really in the public benefit.