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David Sirota | Marijuana Legalization: The Pay-Any-Price Principle
When choosing between frugality and security, history shows that America almost always selects the latter. To paraphrase President Kennedy, we'll pay any price and bear any burden to protect …
In West Virginia, Coal Miners’ Slaughter
The high cost of energy in America was paid in human lives this week, with the deaths of more than two dozen miners in a massive explosion at the …
Brazil: A Tragedy of Local and Global Dimensions
Rio de Janeiro - The people who live in the favela of Guararapes are probably unaware that the heavy rains that forced them to flee their homes were caused …
Texas Justice, American Injustice
When members of Texas' Board of Education recently voted to eliminate “justice” from the list of terms schoolchildren have to master - in addition to elevating Rush Limbaugh to …
Corporate Protection at the EPA
It was outrageous that during the George W. Bush administration the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shut down its libraries and labs, undermining its mission and sending the unmistakable message …
The Mythical Concept of Trade War (2)
As Americans ponder how to get the US out of its current trade mess, we are constantly warned to do nothing - like impose a tariff to neutralize Chinese …
A Quiet Giant
Ever heard of a guy named William Johnson? How about Ward Hunt? Do the names Frank Murphy, Tom Clark, Stanley Matthews, Samuel Nelson, William Strong, Joseph Bradley, John Catron, …
Ex-Bush Official Willing to Testify Bush, Cheney Knew Gitmo Prisoners Innocent
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld once declared that individuals captured by the US military in the aftermath of 9/11 and shipped off to the Guantanamo Bay prison facility …
Nurses’ Unions for Health Care
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Cheering the Umpires
One of baseball's venerable axioms is that no one goes to a game to watch the umpires. Maybe not, but I for one will be happy to go to …