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New Hampshire’s New Scopes Trial
New Hampshire took an early lead this year in the effort to dumb down school students and erode the separation of church and state in the education system by …
Speeding Up Security: The TSA Wants to Screen Before They Scan
TSA body scanners continue their steady advance into our nation’s airports, but another agency security initiative begins well before travelers ever reach a checkpoint. PreCheck, the TSA’s nascent pre-screening …
Unequal Risks and Benefits for Citizens in Six States on Keystone XL Pipeline Route
If the Keystone XL oil pipeline were approved today, residents in the six states along its route would not receive equal treatment from TransCanada, the company that wants to …
OWS, Egypt Expose Limits of Town Square Test
Many of last year’s most dramatic photographs showed people packing public places to sound off. We saw memorable images of crowds gathering at Tahrir Square to lambast one government …
Occupying Fears About Iran
President Barack Obama speaks about Iran to reporters at the White House on Thursday, October 1, 2009. (Photo: Luke Sharrett / The New York Times) U.S. behavior …
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Dispatch from Detention: A Rare Look Inside Our “Humane” Immigration Jails
(Photo: Eric Thayer / The New York Times) Sam Kitching, a soft-spoken, round old man dressed in civilian clothes who works for the Sheriff’s department at the …
Recognizing the “Unpeople”
Kidnapping civilians is plainly a serious crime – unless, of course, they are mere unpeople.
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New Hampshire Primary Outcome Rests on Independents
Windham, New Hampshire - The outcome of Tuesday's New Hampshire primary probably depends on this state's historically flinty, unpredictable independent voters. About 40 percent of the state's …
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For Iranians Waylaid by Pirates, US to the Rescue
Aboard the fishing vessel al Mulahi, in the Gulf of Oman - Senior Iranian military officials this week bluntly warned an American aircraft carrier that it would confront the …
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US Political News Is a Fool’s Game
“Game On” was Rick Santorum’s first comment after his “surge” was considered successful with a mere 30,000 votes in Ioway. He inadvertently gave the game away by calling it …