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Legalize All Drugs Now
I don’t make a business of having popular opinions, and this rates as one of my least popular opinions: legalize all drugs, destroy the narco black market tomorrow. Some of these newly legal substances are more dangerous than others, a … Continue reading
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Boston Judge Rules Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
A touch of good news out of Boston. It is about time the simple issue of a violation of equal protection under the law created by gay marriage bans of any sort was struck down as unconstitutional by a federal … Continue reading
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Buffet Offers Optimism To Krugman
Warren Buffet has presented a rosy sunshine picture of the U.S. Economy to contrast against the desolate landscape in Paul Krugman’s warnings of “the early stages of a third depression.“ I believe Buffet may be practicing the concept that psychology … Continue reading
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SB1070 For Dummies & Hayward Hung By The Toes
This YouTube video from 4409 “Wake Up America” Productions is what people really need to understand about ‘that law’ that everyone is talking about when not picturing BP exec Tony Hayward in some contraption from one of the Saw movies. … Continue reading
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MLA: Open Letter to Arizona Governor
At its May 2010 meeting, the Executive Council approved the following open letter to Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona. Dear Governor Brewer, We write regarding legislative and policy initiatives in the State of Arizona that concern us as teachers and … Continue reading
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Arizona Expresses Their Racism
The Arizona Senate and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer have passed an unconstitutional and pro-racial profiling law that has sparked intense debate across the nation over the issue of illegal immigration. The law was written to pander to racist elements in … Continue reading
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WSJ: Drilling Process Attracts Scrutiny in Rig Explosion
Russel Gold & Ben Casselman of The Wall Street Journal: An oil-drilling procedure called cementing is coming under scrutiny as a possible cause of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico that has led to … Continue reading
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Why The Health Care Debate Is So Contentious
Even prior to the abortion issue being pointlessly dragged into the debate over health care reform the issue has been one of the most contentious debates I have ever seen in politics. The question quickly becomes: Why? I feel I … Continue reading
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11th Hour of U.S. Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON — After a frenzied push to nail down final commitments and resolve lingering disputes in their ranks, House Democrats today are poised to pass the most sweeping change to the nation’s health care system since the creation of Medicare … Continue reading
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Senate Reconciliation Now!
The Republican obstructionism on the health care reform agenda is not “principled objections” as Senate minority leader Eric Cantor suggests. It is non-principled, pure nihilistic policy of poisoning the well and deception on behalf of conservatives. The liberal majority that … Continue reading
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I Believe Glenn Beck is Dangerous for America
MediaMatters.org “Beck, O’Reilly respond to Misinformer of the Year“ This all bounces around in circles, just as Glenn Beck had hoped it would. He is supporting unconstitutional rhetoric and calling the people calling him out on it as doing the … Continue reading
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Urban Institute Overviews The Public Option
Ezra Klein of The Washington Post has called this the “best overview of the public option” he has read so far, and I concur: Getting to a Public Option that Contains Costs: Negotiations, Opt-Outs and Triggers Robert A. Berenson, John … Continue reading
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Eric Lightborn
