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Blackbird Mystery Deepens: More Birds Fall From Sky in Louisiana
Motorists stopped and gawked at hundreds of dead red-winged blackbirds on a highway in Pointe Coupee Parish, La., Monday, just days after residents of Beebe, Ark., saw more than …
Food Safety Overhaul Gives New Authority to Regulators
A law signed by President Obama on Tuesday gives federal regulators new authority and enforcement tools to oversee the safety of the country's food supply and requires the food …
The Urge to Surge
If, as 2011 begins, you want to peer into the future, enter my time machine, strap yourself in, and head for the past, that laboratory for all developments of …
The Coming War Over the Constitution
Despite a few victories in the lame-duck session of Congress, Democrats and progressives should be under no illusion about the new flood of know-nothingism that is about to inundate …
Froma Harrop | Mystery of the Missing Millionaires
A daffy Wall Street Journal editorial about the “vanishing millionaires” of Oregon lit a spark in a fairly humorless week. It offers the usual boilerplate about the rich fleeing …
Conservatives Claim Unions Caused New York Snow Jam
The right's propaganda machine begins with a simple narrative, repeats it endlessly, and then ties current events to the narrative to drive the point home. The corporate/conservative right are …
2011 Will Bring More De Facto Decriminalization of Elite Financial Fraud
What’s coming in 2011? We asked thought leaders to share their perspectives on the biggest challenges for the year ahead, along with the changes they’d like to see and …
Frida Berrigan | Enough Already: Close Gitmo
Remember way back when? President Barack Obama promised to close the Guantánamo prison, restore the United States' moral standing, and end the practice of torture. It was two years …
Parents Unite Across Violent Borders
Jerusalem - With Middle East peace talks at a standstill, a group of activists is taking matters into its own hands. The Parents’ Circle Families Forum, a group comprising …