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Human Rights
The Butterfly and the Boiling Point
Revolution is as unpredictable as an earthquake and as beautiful as spring.
Death of California Youth Puts Focus on Rise in Antigay Bullying
The death of 13-year-old Seth Walsh in California is one of at least three youth suicide cases nationwide this month that are prompting renewed attention to antigay bullying.
Operation Save America Targets Mosques
The litany of atrocities in this, the Season of Scapegoating, is long and vile: Qurans burned in East Lansing, Knoxville and San Francisco; a pipe bomb exploding in a …
Separating Church and Hate: Irrationality and Anti-Muslim Stereotyping
The demonization of Islam as a religion and of its adherents as individuals has reached the level of hysteria within the United States.
Why Misogynists Make Great Informants
The state has already understood a fact that the Left has struggled to accept: misogynists make great informants.
To Halt Emotional Abuse, French Law Teaches Bullies A Lesson
When I was growing up, my father had two favorite words, ignoramus and moron. He hurled them at my mother for any-and-all perceived infractions: A broken glass, over or-under …
Government Recants Major Terror Claims Against High-Value Detainee Abu Zubaydah
The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration made about Abu Zubaydah, the alleged al-Qaeda leader who was the first suspected terrorist subjected to …
Clinic Owners Face Down Danger to Make Reproductive Freedom A Reality
Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures in the country; ironically, those professionals and staff who make sure that abortion is safe may find their own safety compromised. …
Court Documents Reveal Existence of New Torture Tapes
A federal court judge on Monday revealed that the brutal interrogation of an alleged “war on terror” detainee imprisoned at Guantanamo for more than seven years was videotaped.