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To Hell or Connaught: The “Free Market” Puts Ireland on a Starvation Diet – Again
Johnny O'Broderick was my first direct ancestor to emigrate from Ireland to the United States, eventually sending back enough money for his wife, Mary, to book passage and follow …
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Pilot Protests Underscore Passenger Safety
Several hundred pilots from the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) picketed Newark Liberty International airport on November 22 and Houston airport on November 23 with signs reading "Who's Flying …
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Were Bush’s Iraq Policy Opponents Off Target?
In his recently published memoir “Decision Points,” former president George W. Bush devotes a chapter to defending his deeply controversial Iraq policies. He dismisses the argument that he intended …
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The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Test Scorer
Standardized testing has become central to education policy in the United States. After dramatically expanding in the wake of the No Child Left Behind Act, testing has been further …
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Something is Rotten: The Strange Case of Interpol’s Red Alert on Assange, and the US Attack on WikiLeaks
Far be it from me to minimize the issue of rape, but to borrow from the Bard, in the case of the “rape” case being alleged against WikiLeaks founder …
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Marijuana-Legalization Push Gets Voice on Capitol Hill
Washington — The cannabis industry has flexed its muscles in 15 states where it's legal to smoke marijuana for medical purposes. Now the industry is ready to go to …
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Free Trade Doesn’t Work: Interview With Economist Ian Fletcher
Free trade doesn't work, the global economy is a myth and the U.S. has been duped during trade negotiations for the past 40 years according to Ian Fletcher, an …
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Afghans Overwhelmingly Want US Troops Out – and Soon
Kabul, Afghanistan — First the good news: U.S. forces are still more popular in Afghanistan than Osama bin Laden. Fully 6 percent of respondents in a new poll expressed …
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Cancun Summit Ends Without Solving Emissions Puzzle
Cancun, Mexico (Tierramérica) - "We are the coldest country in the world... so global warming is good for us. The warmer it is, the bigger the harvests... They talk …