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Tea Baggers: Out of Work and on the Dole
This is too rich.
Brown vs. Democracy
With the California Financial Crisis at stake, the impartiality of the California attorney general has come under scrutiny. Proponents of the California Democracy Act, a ballot initiative that would …
Down With Political Prognostications
Political sages turn today's polling and past voter behavior into confident predictions about upcoming elections. That's their job. But fortune-tellers may do nearly as well, especially when the vote …
Taking a Stand to Keep Sitting Legal
San Francisco is poised to become the latest in a string of cities to adopt a law making it a crime to sit on the sidewalk. While it is …
French Regional Elections: Who Are the National Front (FN) Voters?
Marseilles: A Case Study The far-right party has regained turf thanks to the support of the right-leaning lower-middle classes that have constituted its base since the 1980s. From our …
The Social Networking Job
According to a recent ad posted on the Internet, the college student recipient of Pizza Hut's summer “Twinternship” would be charged with "attending advertising shoots, product meetings and other …
Were the Polls on Health Care Reform Wrong?
Listening only to Republican members of Congress, one would be led to believe the American people are overwhelmingly opposed to health care reform. Sen. Mitch McConnell recently said, "I …
“Soul of a Citizen” Excerpt: Taking Money out of Politics: A Grassroots Effort for Clean Elections
Nothing makes us feel more powerless than the corruption of our democracy by money. It undermines progress on every issue we face. If America is ever to deal with …
Vanity of Vanities: The Iraq War Seven Years Later
We are still shocked. We were never awed. We have not adjusted. The senseless waste of our blood and treasure, our honor and our reputation continue. Operation Enduring Freedom …
Froma Harrop | Will Snowe Fall in Maine?
Go visit potato country at the tippy-top of Maine. There, struggling farmers can look across the St. John River at equally hard-pressed potato growers in New Brunswick, Canada. The …