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News Black-Out in DC: Pay No Attention to Those Veterans Chained to the White House Fence
There was a black-out and a white-out Thursday and Friday as over a hundred US veterans opposed to US wars in Afghanistan and elsewhere around the world, and their …
Yeonpyeong Islanders Flee in Advance of South Korea’s Expected Live-Fire Drills
Yeonpyeong, South Korea - On the eve of South Korean live-fire drills that North Korea vows to answer with “merciless strikes,” desperate Yeonpyeong Islanders are fleeing their homes for …
Standardized Snake Oil
I was, generally speaking, a fairly well-behaved kid. I’ve no reasonable explanation, then, for burning a hole in the wall of the one-room school I attended in the late …
Push for Safety Oversight of Electronic Medical Records Is Moving at a Crawl
Nearly two years after the Obama administration announced plans to spend $40 billion to help doctors and hospitals adopt electronic medical records, government officials are still grappling with how …
Germany’s Economy Shows Government “Interference” Works
Can we compete with China's wages? Does government interference and regulation hold us back? Are our unions keeping us from being competitive? Do we need to lower our standard …
Dire Development Issues Converge in Drylands
United Nations - Few are aware that close to one billion people in over 100 different countries are suffering from or severely threatened by intense desertification. Yet awareness is …
Congress Repeals “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy on Gays in Military
Washington - The Senate voted 65-31 Saturday to end the Pentagon’s “don’t ask don’t tell” policy on gays and lesbians in the military, as President Barack Obama declared “it …
Obama Invokes Reagan to Push START Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia
President Obama is invoking his inner Ronald Reagan to push for a new arms control treaty with Russia. Will it work? Possibly, but it’s an uphill sled. On his …
Lonely Stand for Hispanic Republicans
CHICAGO — Traitor. Sellout. Lino (Latino in name only). These are some of the epithets Latino Republicans are called by fellow Hispanics who can't imagine why any self-respecting descendant …
Inside the Mortgage Monster
Back in the days of the home-loan boom, loan officers at Ameriquest Mortgage worked hard and played hard. They put in ten- and twelve-hour days punctuated by “Power Hours”—frenzied …