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Stephen Pitt | Christine O’Donnell and Homo Musculus
Click the image to view larger version. While appearing on The O'Reilly Factor TV program in 2007, Christine O'Donnell claimed, "American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals …
Obama at UN Summit: Foreign Aid Is “Core Pillar of American Power“
At the UN Wednesday, President Obama unveiled a plan to revitalize US foreign aid programs, which have been marginalized since the end of the cold war. United Nations, New …
Neoliberalism and the For-Profit, Predatory Educational Industry: You Can’t Regulate a Criminal Enterprise
You might have been following Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his department's attempts to reign in the for-profit universities and colleges for their criminal activities. Perhaps you recognize …
Johnson & Johnson Controversy Raises Broader Questions
This week, I attended portions of the international meetings underway in New York, including the Clinton Global Initiative and the United Nations Review of progress on the Millennium Development …
News in Brief: Arpaio’s Office Misused Funds for Jail Maintenance, and More
Arpaio's Office Misused Funds for Jail Maintenance
UN’s Gaza Flotilla Probe Finds Israeli Soldiers Committed “Willful Killing“
A United Nations Human Rights Council investigation concluded that the Israeli military broke international laws during a raid on a Turkish ship that was part of an aid flotilla …
Houston Voting Machine Fire Update and Shouting “Voter Fraud” in a Crowded Midterm Election
Thousands of borrowed e-voting machines made by Austin-based Hart Intercivic have begun arriving in Harris County (Houston), TX this week in the wake of last month's massive warehouse fire …
Tempest in a Very Small Teapot
Washington - Is the tea party one the most successful scams in American political history? Before you dismiss the question, note that word “successful.” Judge the tea party purely …
Joe Brewer | Responding to Climate Skeptics “Change Argument“
While many concerned activists waver between terms like ‘global warming’ and ‘climate change’ the opposition deflects them easily with the Change Argument. The Change Argument is the claim that …
Obama Touts New Patient Protections in Health Care Reform
Several patients' rights provisions of the new health-care reform law go into effect Thursday. President Obama is still working to sell the American public on the merits of the …