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Without Concrete Action, New USAF Regulations on Church-State Separation Will Be as Useful as a “Football Bat”
At the very beginning of August 2012, I blasted outgoing (now-retired) Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (CSAF), Gen. Norton Schwartz, for his lackadaisical and utterly …
Mitt Romney’s Southern Strategy Gambit
On August 3, 1980 GOP Presidential contender Ronald Reagan picked his campaign starting point at the Neshoba County Fair, near Meridian Mississippi. The virtually lily-white, wildly enthusiastic throng that …
“Courage” in Washington Doesn’t Have the Same Meaning
Last week, Vice President Joe Biden did a courageous thing, he promised an audience in southern Virginia that there will be no cuts whatsoever to Social Security in a …
Amid Protest, Construction Begins on Keystone XL Pipeline in Texas
TransCanada broke ground last week on the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline.
The Rising Tide – Environmental Refugees
As climate change continues unabated, there is a growing population of displaced men, women and children whose homes have been rendered unlivable thanks to a wide spectrum of environmental …
Midwives Say Limiting Their Freedom to Practice Hurts Mothers, Children, Low-Income Families
At the turn of the 20th century, more than 95 percent of newborns entered the world at home, with the aid of midwives.
Election Countdown 2012: Noam Chomsky Speaks On the Impact of the #Occupy Movement and More
In today's Election Countdown Noam Chomsky speaks on the impact of the #Occupy Movement; California park official use disasters to create fake overtime for managers; Paul Ryan admits to …
Raids, Harassment at Occupy Tent Cities Start Broader Conversation About Criminalizing Homelessness
Homelessness was not a large problem after the 1930s, thanks to the New Deal and other housing programs, until several policy changes in the 70s and 80s began to …
The Toxic 100: Top Corporate Air Polluters Identified
The top 100 toxic air polluting corporations based on the chronic human health risk from all of their U.S. polluting facilities.
A Guide to Disaster at Home and Abroad: How Not to Reconstruct Iraq, Afghanistan – or America
One of the last things I saw in Iraq, where I spent a year with the Department of State helping squander some of the $44 billion American taxpayers put …