According to Pelosi, Impeachment Proceedings Are “Off the Table”
When California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi became House Speaker with the election of a Democratic majority in 2006, hopes ran high in some quarters...
Recreating Riots
1968. For nostalgic, aging radicals, that year is fondly remembered as the zenith of their glory days, when their demonstrations against the Vietnam...
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Would McCain Change the Court?
What effect would a John McCain presidency have on the Supreme Court? That question is perhaps even more important this election year, since...
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Obama Picks “Ultimate Insider”
Despite Obama’s pledge for “change,” his pick for vice-presidential running mate, Senator Joseph Biden (D-Del.), is the clearest signal yet that an Obama...
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The Tragedy of the Commons
Perhaps Karl Marx best described life on the commons: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” That’s a...
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Deficit Grows Ever Larger
On July 28, White House Budget Director Jim Nussle announced that the expected deficit for Fiscal Year 2009 (it begins October 1, 2008)...
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Olympic Sized Controversy
At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, female gymnasts He Kesin, Yang Yilin, and Jiang Yuyuan electrified the Chinese with their stellar performances. But...
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Comparing Cures
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, has made available online a...
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Bush Administration Rule Riles Abortion Advocates
The Bush administration plans to enforce a regulation that will prevent healthcare workers who object to abortion from being forced to perform abortion-related...
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iTunes Blocked by “Great Firewall of China”
Chinese users of Apple Computer's popular iTunes music store found themselves unable to access the service during the Olympic Games in Beijing. It...
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Nike and China Chase Blogger
According to the technology news Website Arstechnica, the Nike shoe company has "decided to put the Chinese government's finely-tuned dissident-hunting skills to work...
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Algae May Be an Energy Answer
A modern society such as that in the United States requires personal transportation — cargo trucks, planes, and cars — to make a...
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Senate Races
With an unpopular Republican president presiding over a slumping economy, soaring fuel prices, and two wars in the Middle East, Republicans face an...
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Gorbachev to Receive Liberty Medal
“I think history will be very kind to Gorbachev.” That’s the opinion of 84-year-old ex-president George H.W. Bush concerning former Soviet dictator Mikhail...
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