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Corporations Profit From Permanent War: Memorial Day 2010
US law officially proclaims Memorial Day “as a day of prayer for permanent peace.” However, the US is much closer to permanent war than permanent peace. Corporations are profiting …
The Split: A Self and Nation Divided
In April 2001, I was on a solo road trip researching Nevada light, sage basins, indigo mountains and small town casinos for my novel Going Through Ghosts. I had …
Corporatizing and Militarizing Memorial Day for “Fun” and Profit
Since the beginning of the 20th century, some 650,000 Americans have died fighting this country's many wars. Regardless of political affiliation and ideology, every American ought reverence such selfless …
Gulf Oil Spill: “This Disaster Just Got Enormously Worse“
Washington - If the growing oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico isn't contained soon—and the latest efforts suggest that's unlikely—then the damage to the fragile region will intensify …
Ordinary Workers Would Be Fired in a Second If They Screwed Up Anywhere Nearly as Bad as the Bankers Have
There has been little change in personnel and no acknowledgment of error at the central banks whose incompetence was responsible for the crisis. The world is suffering from the …
House Hears of Dental Mercury Ending Up in Fish
An agreement to have dentists voluntarily reduce mercury emissions from their offices has been largely ineffective, exposing Americans to more mercury in their fish, representatives of state environmental agencies …
Why Misogynists Make Great Informants
The state has already understood a fact that the Left has struggled to accept: misogynists make great informants.
Red State Road Trip 2 – Finale!
10,000 Miles Later - Beyond Hope. After crossing the width and breadth of this land, we arrive in the tiny crossroads of Hope, Arizona. Red State Road Trip 2 …
“Dumpsites in Disguise:" Reuse of Coal Ash Largely Unregulated by Officials
Coal ash isn't just dumped; it's increasingly being recycled into building materials and other uses. But in states like North Carolina, the failure to adequately regulate one so-called "beneficial …
Oil Spill’s Scope Threatens Gulf’s Endangered Marine Life
Washington - As the magnitude of BP's oil spill becomes clearer, scientists fear that the volume of oil, the depth of the leak and the chemical dispersants the company …