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Anti-Choice Terrorist: God Told Me to Threaten Her
If all it takes to defend threats is to say God told you to do it, we're likely to see clinic violence increase even more
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An American Folly: The Professional Centrist
Americans Elect, a lavishly funded u201ccentristu201d group that was supposed to provide an alternative to traditional political parties, has been a ridiculous flop.
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The War Drones On…
The increasing toll taken by these robotic executioners is beginning to register with the public, after many years of automated death from above in our adventurist wars. Still, the …
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In Wisconsin, Union Defeat Doesn’t Mean Tea Party Win
Even though Ronald Reagan is long dead,
Bringing the Battlefield to the Border
Arizona leads the American Border War—a movement that has increasingly moved from the fringe to the mainstream in the southern US.
Gold Rush in Haiti! Who Will Get Rich?
The gold rush that has been quietly shaping up over the past several years promises to produce some $20 billion in wealth, but where will the money go?
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Election Countdown 2012: Elizabeth Warren Must Push Against Scott Brown’s DoubleSpeak, and More
A one-stop shop for the political misgivings leading up to the 2012 election.
For-Profit College Reform: How Democratic Power Lobbyists Helped Water It Down
The problems and pitfalls of for-profit colleges -including how their business plans took advantage of students and reaped billions of dollars in federal student loans, only to leave many …
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Why I Returned My Medals
On May 20, during the first day of the NATO Summit in Chicago, Mr. Clumpner returned his medals along with 43 other veterans.
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Climate Crisis: The Silence Is Deafening
Those of us who have been waiting impatiently for Obama to shed his apparent cocoon of caution, cowardice and capitulation finally got a hint last week that a real …