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Computer Scientists, Election Integrity Advocates Question Feasibility of “Digital Democracy“
Despite the recent hack during public testing of DC's Internet voting pilot and the rash of other security problems that have plagued the short history of online voting systems, …
Brazil Should Lead on Access to Essential Medicines
By the greater use of compulsory licenses, Brazil could lower drug costs not only in Brazil, but in developing countries overall. At a time when The New York Times …
End of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ Would Bring US Military in Line With NATO Allies
A federal judge's order that the US military must stop enforcing its “don't ask, don't tell” (DADT) policy that requires gay service members to be discharged when their sexual …
Gerald Epstein | Conflicts of Interest and the Financial Crisis: It’s Also the Economics Profession, Stupid!
Even the Queen of England could see that the economics profession messed up big time in the lead up to the financial meltdown. On a visit to the London …
Don’t Cut Social Security, DOUBLE It
In the aftermath of the Great Recession, a debate over Social Security is heating up. This debate raises fundamental questions about what kind of society in which Americans wish …
In Mexico, EU Presents Ambitious Agenda for CancĂșn Climate Talks
Mexico City - In lieu of signing a treaty to curb global warming, the European Union says it will push instead for “concrete and ambitious results” in six specific …
Chile’s Ghosts Are Not Being Rescued
The rescue of 33 miners in Chile is an extraordinary drama filled with pathos and heroism. It is also a media windfall for the Chilean government, whose every beneficence …
Palin Revives Death Panels; Boobs Against Breast Cancer; and the Anti-Gay Bullying Crisis
Don’t look now, but Sarah Palin is back on her death panel kick, just in time for Halloween. No, really, don’t look. It just encourages the former governor of …
News in Brief: Divisive DC School Chancellor Michelle Rhee to Resign, and More
DC Schools Chief Michelle Rhee to Resign
Chinese Communist Party Elders Call for Free Speech Rights
Beijing - Almost two dozen Chinese Communist Party elders have signed a petition demanding that the “black hands” of government censorship in China be dismantled in favor of the …