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Keeping Same-Sex Marriage in the Dark
On Wednesday, a conservative majority of the Supreme Court overturned a ruling made by a federal trial judge that would have allowed limited television coverage of a trial that …

Too Little Too Late for Haiti? Six Sobering Points
Point One. $100 Million - Are You Kidding Me? President Obama promised $100 million in aid to Haiti on January 14, 2010. A Kentucky couple won $128 million in …

Despite Prevention Efforts, US Military Suicides Rise
Washington - Eight years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq have etched indelible scars on the psyches of many of the nation's servicemen and women, and the U.S. military …

Ukraine Election Signals Shift Toward Russia. Was Orange Revolution for Naught?
In Sunday presidential elections, Ukraine appears poised to shift back toward Russia, just five years after the Orange Revolution. Polls show its pro-Western leader Viktor Yushchenko with only 3 …

Global Cooling? Tell It to the Jellyfish
There are certain newspaper headlines that catch your eye and stop you in your tracks. Like the New York Post's famous “Headless Body in Topless Bar.” Or such tabloid …

Mistaken Science Leads to Texas Executions
An investigative report reveals that Texas continues to execute mentally retarded prisoners despite a US Supreme Court ban. The state has been basing its decisions on unreliable mental health …

Global Auction of Public Assets (2)
A new study[1] exposes the impact of the emerging global infrastructure market and widening use of Public Private Partnerships, which is fueling a new era of public asset sales …

Red Mass?
The nature of modern American politics has been off-the-wall weird for a dozen years now. We've seen a president impeached for lying about sex. We've seen another president who …

Iraq Political Fissures Widen as March Vote Nears
With all attention on Afghanistan as violence and US troop commitment there surges, the occupation in Iraq has received less attention in recent months than it has since the …

Fort Hood: The “Incomprehensible” Irony
As the Western world rubs its eyes and blinks expectantly in the direction of a new decade, its distracted inhabitants would do well to reflect on an event that …