Month: June 2005

The Patriot Act has been woefully unsuccessful in producing convictions of real terrorists. The US Government has boasted over 200 convictions. However, a Washington Post investigation has found that there were only 39...

In a fit of pique, a suddenly conscience-stricken U.S. Senate delivered a long overdue apology for the actions that its members took (or, more to the point, didn’t take) over 100 years ago.Tomorrow, too late for Williams...

Italians are voting today and tomorrow (Sunday and Monday) in a national referendum on bioethics issues. They must decide whether they want to lift the following restrictions: a ban on donor sperm and eggs; a ban on scientific...

Come on, a little bit more effort is needed….. Here it is Conyers DSM letter petition From the site : We’ve achieved 99 % of our 500,000 goal (496,618)!  and all this diary is to say is in the outside chance...

Remember Philip Cooney? He’s the guy whos has been fingered by the NYT (as first commented in this diary by cscs and extended in this recommended diary by kissfan. Well, he has resigned “for unrelated reasons”....