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An Informed and Educated Electorate
Before the Reagan presidency, it was possible for any American student with academic competence to attend college and graduate without debt.
Stop Them From Eating My Town
We must break up the modern-day monopolists and return opportunity and wealth to local communities and small businesses.
Roll Back the Reagan Tax Cuts
Why is it that Americans have come to believe that tax cuts are good for everyone?
Bring My Job Home!
“Free trade” is a guaranteed ticket to the poorhouse for any nation, and the evidence is overwhelming.
Clarence Thomas Must Go
Mr. Thomas has, by all appearances, turned his position on the court into a license to print money.
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The “Black” Drug That Isn’t
Ethnic Americans—whether black, Hispanic, Asian or members of other groups— face different and usually more serious health risks than our majority-group compatriots. We face higher rates of cancer, diabetes …
Obama Leaves Door Open to Long-Term US Afghan Combat
American soldiers with Company E, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, a part of Iowa's National Guard, board a helicopter at Forward Operating Base Mehtarlam in the Lagham Province of …
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Critics Find Gaps in State Laws to Disclose Hydrofracking Chemicals
Over the past year, five states have begun requiring energy companies to disclose some of the chemicals they pump into the ground to extract oil and gas using the …
Wal-Mart Gets a Free Pass for Bias From the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court issued its decision in the Dukes v. Wal-Mart sex discrimination case yesterday, a frustrating ruling that doesn’t challenge the existence of bias, but that exempts the …
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Human Rights Iran Includes Gender Identity and Sexual Rights – Not Discrimination!
On May 17th, 1990 the World Health Organizations made a decision to remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders. Since then, each year May 17th is considered the …