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Correctional Corporation of America Accreditation Report Misses Stark Reality
But below the spin is a different reality for the company and the prisoners that it oversees - food riots and abuse scandals.
Is the Washington Post Being Asset-Stripped?
While the company has been bleeding revenue and income in the last year-plus, it has actually been increasing the amount of cash it pays out in dividends.
Nuclear Strategy of Mutual Assured Destruction Ignores Human Fallibility, Accident Risk
A prominent proponent of MAD puts his faith in nuclear deterrence, justifying his position in historical terms.
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The Ubermensch Rises: Justice, Truth and Necessary Evil in “The Dark Knight Rises“
We can't rely on a hero to save us, nor count on an unjust system to miraculously transform itself. We must tear off the mask and take matters into …
Michelle Alexander on the Irrational Race Bias of the Criminal Justice and Prison Systems
Michelle Alexander: Yes, I do believe that something akin to a racial caste system is alive and well in America.
Good Riddance to the Air Force’s Religious Intolerance Enabler in Chief
On soon-to-retire Gen. Norty Schwartz's watch, we saw the coverup of an unlawful epidemic in which thousands of USAF men and women have been subject to religious persecution.
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Top DHS Officials Went Ballistic Over Rolling Stone Contributor Michael Hastings’ OWS Report, Internal Emails Show
Internal emails reveal DHS planned to challenge purported inaccuracies in a news story on surveillance of Occupy, but the inaccuracies appear to be confined to the agency's own documents.
Liberal Defenders of Chick-Fil-A Unwittingly Defend Corporate Personhood
Chick-Fil-Au2019s financial support to anti-gay causes has gone on for years with little commotion outside the LGBT activist community.
Election Countdown 2012: Corruption in the Political System, and More
In the immortal words of Michael Dukakis, u201cA fish rots from the head first.u201d Iu2019m terrified that the morals and ethics exhibited by the u201csavvy businessmenu201d who commit any …
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Education’s Biggest Design Flaw
I live on the west bank of the Indian River Lagoon on Floridau2019s East Coast. Across the Lagoon, in the distance, is Kennedy Space Center. For years, I walked …