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Gulf War Veterans: The VA Takes Important First Steps
Last week, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officially recognized several diseases as linked with deployment to the 1991 Gulf War. As Gulf War veterans, we applaud the …
Stopping Malaria With a Chastity Belt
Unlocking a bug's chastity belt could open doors to a targeted insecticide to provide new hope in the fight against malaria. Meddling with the sex lives of malarial mosquitoes …
Ann Coulter and Blowhard Politics
The reduction of politics today to the simple matter of ensuring that blowhards can utter stupid things is truly pervasive.
Food Safety, Agriculture and Nutrition: Seven Predictions for 2010
Boulder, Colorado - The Organic Center, a leading research institute focused on the science of organic food and farming, has revealed its broad concern for the state of the …
When a Union Acts Like a Big Corporation
A report from SEIU's civil trial against California union reformers. The quiet decorum of a courtroom is a far cry from a union hall. But in San Francisco, it …
Obama Signs Sweeping Student Loan Reform Bill Into Law
President Obama signed legislation on Tuesday that will revamp the existing federal student loan system, allowing the government to directly provide loans to college students in the US.
Whose Freedom?
The first Passover was a bloody one, the Bible says. God spent the whole night killing off first-born males all over Egypt. But He told every Israelite family to …
Can Anyone Pacify the World’s Number One Narco-State?
The Obama administration is now trapped in an endless cycle of drugs and death in Afghanistan.
Destroying Educational Institutions or Using Them for Military Purposes Is a War Crime
"The Education system in Iraq, prior to 1991, was one of the best in the region; with over 100% Gross Enrollment Rate for primary schooling and high levels of …
Connie Schultz | We the People in a Land of “I’s“
By now, millions of people around the world have viewed the video showing a middle-aged guy taunting an older man with Parkinson's disease at a protest in Columbus, Ohio, …