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Speaking Truth to Power
There's a phrase originating with the peace activism of the American Quaker movement: “Speak Truth to Power.” One can hardly speak more directly to power than addressing the presidential …
The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage
Why same-sex marriage is an American value. Together with my good friend and occasional courtroom adversary David Boies, I am attempting to persuade a federal court to invalidate California's …
Global Auction of Public Assets
A new study[1] exposes the impact of the emerging global infrastructure market and widening use of Public Private Partnerships, which is fueling a new era of public asset sales …
Regime Change in Tehran? Don’t Bet on It
The dramatic images of protestors in Iran fearlessly facing — and sometimes countering — the brutal attacks of the regime's security forces rightly gain the admiration and sympathy of …
Canada No Longer a Haven for War Resisters
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is determined to send back the some 200 American asylum-seekers who have fled the Iraq war. Toronto, Canada - Canada has long been a haven …
HAITI EARTHQUAKE LIVE BLOG: Who to Follow and What to Read for Breaking Developments
Here is the link to Thursday's live blog. Please check the page regularly for updates. 7:45am PDT: The BBC has a disturbing first hand video report from a hospital …
The Geology Underlying the Devastating Haiti Earthquake
The same earthquake fault that lies under Haiti also runs through the Dominican Republic. Geologists warn that the Haiti quake – at the Enriquilla-Plantain Garden Fault – may have …
Impassioned Pleas Dominate Opening of California’s Same-Sex Marriage Trial
On the first day of a landmark federal trial concerning the right of same-sex couples to marry, David Boies, the high-profile constitutional attorney representing Proposition 8 challengers, opened the …
My Crazy Trip to a Goldman Sachs Executive’s Brazilian Slave Plantation, or Why We Need a Special Prosecutor
I have made friends with a lot of people in my life. But as working-class kid from Pittsburgh, perhaps my most unusual friendship was with a Goldman Sachs executive, …
Activists Worried About “Secret” Internet Treaty
Mexico City - An international treaty to combat copyright infringement and piracy, being negotiated by Mexico and other countries, could curtail expansion of the internet, violate people's rights to …