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DPA and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Introduce Bill Allowing Drug Czar to Speak the Truth About Marijuana
President Obama has said that marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol and that legalization in Colorado and Washington should move forward.
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Small Steps on Pensions, but Not Nearly Enough
Many Americans have no retirement savings plan (other than Social Security). And the plans that they do have tend to be 401(k) plans that impose fees, market risk, and …
We Want to Set Our House in Order: Our Own Way (Part III)
Why does the West not believe in the Thai people?
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Lying to Survive at the Air Force Academy: An Open Letter to Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson
“We, of Spartacus, live a total lie every single day and night to survive here.”
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The Dangers of Stereotyping
Ignorance in the form of stereotyping people from other parts of the world can have unpredictable consequences, sometimes leading to mass suffering that a more enlightened view might have …
No Fast Track to TPP: Fix NAFTA First
It is not only the wrong time to bring fast track up for a vote in Congress, it is time to scrap the TPP agreement. Instead we need to …
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Ten Reasons to Call for More Than $10.10 as a Minimum Wage
President Obama signed an executive order on Wednesday raising the minimum wage for some federally contracted workers to $10.10.
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Kansas Takes the Sanctity of Marriage a Little Too Far
The decision to end a marriage is likely not an easy decision to make. We shouldn't make it needlessly harder.
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On Fred Korematsu Day: From Evacuation to Deportation on the Anniversary of Japanese-American Internment
What have we learned since the internment of Japanese-Americans in desert concentration camps and converted race tracks?
Building the Morale of Missileers
We wonder how the conversation went when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called six Air Force nuclear launch officers at underground launch control centers recently. u2026