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Privatized Traffic Law Enforcement Has Familiar Problems with Red-Light and Speed Camera Ticketing
In ancient times, rulers relied on a practice now known as “tax farming” in which tax collection was outsourced to other groups or individuals who maintained order in particular …
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Giving Politicians a Good Name
Washington - Two politicians from different countries and with very different political pedigrees made news this week. Both spoke difficult truths and reminded us that we shouldn't use the …
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States Seek Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients
Atlanta - At least 36 states across the U.S. are proposing laws that would require applicants for and recipients of a variety of public aid programs to undergo drug …
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Obama Refrains From a Formal “I’m Sorry” to Pakistan
Washington - The White House has decided that President Obama will not offer formal condolences — at least for now — to Pakistan for the deaths of two dozen …
Eating Fruits and Vegetables is Not a Job Killer
Major food manufacturers are readying their next attack on nutrition by calling proposed food marketing guidelines “job killers” that will devastate the American economy. Earlier this year, …
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Early Results in Egypt Show a Mandate for Islamists
Cairo - Islamists claimed a decisive victory on Wednesday as early election results put them on track to win a dominant majority in Egypt’s first Parliament since the ouster …
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Unions Beat GOP Candidates as New Hampshire Blocks Anti-Labor Law
GOP presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, on November 29, 2011. Perry urged the …
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Mobilizing Men to End Violence Against Women
United Nations - Since it launched in 1997, the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women has distributed more than 78 million dollars to 339 projects around …
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Occupy Demands: Let’s Radicalize Our Analysis of Empire, Economics, Ecology
Occupy Wall Street, New York, November 17, 2011. (Photo: thethingsitdoes) There's one question that pundits and politicians keep posing to the Occupy gatherings around the country: What …
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The Global Occupy Movement Challenges the Transnational Corporate Class Propaganda Machine
The international concentration of wealth and military power is endangering not only the personal freedoms and life chances of billions of people, but the potentiality for life on earth …