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Op-Ed
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Cantaloupe vs. al-Qaeda: What’s More Dangerous?
The comparative risks from food versus terror suggest the NSA should give its massive budget to the FDA.
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In California Prison Fight, At Last, a Bright Idea
California prisons continue to throw money at their problems instead of facing the systemic issues that plague the prison system.
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Will The GOP Fade To White?
Can the GOP craft an economic message that keeps white working-class voters in the fold and attracts voters of color, while staying true to its principles?
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You Can Beat City Hall: How We Stopped the US Bombing of Syria
Robert Naiman: It wasn't anti-political engagement loudmouths who stopped the war. It was people who engaged Congress.
Older Than Her Chronological Age
I find the concept that any underage girl can be culpable in her own rape absolutely disgusting.
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Retailers Attacked on Rana Plaza Snub
Mango, Benetton fail to join compensation talks despite both retailers admitting to have recent orders or production in factories located in the building.
Systemic Causation and Syria: Obama’s Framing Problem
George Lakoff analyzes the language in public discourse on Syria from the perspective of cognitive science and linguistics.
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Protection of Pollinators or Smoke and Mirrors?
Several peer-reviewed studies have identified these poisons as being highly toxic to honey bees and other pollinators.
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Priests Should Marry
Archbishop Pietro Parolin, seen by most as the second most powerful man in the Vatican behind the Pope, opened the door yesterday in a newspaper interview to the possibility …
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Keeping Guantánamo on American Minds
On Friday, September 6, 2013 dozens witnessed in front of the White House, a live force-feed of 52-year-old Andres Conteris on his 61st day of a water-only hunger strike.