Month: July 2005

Americans are Too Illiterate to build Toyotas

Is it true? Too many illiterate Americans or is America on Japan’s shitlist? He said Nissan and Honda have encountered difficulties getting new plants up to full production in recent years in Mississippi and Alabama due to...

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Another Italian "rendition" case?

Abu Omar may not have been the only Egyptian militant kidnapped by the CIA in Italy. Seven months after Omar’s disappearance, Mohammed Morgan was kidnapped with the same technique in the town of Vigevano, near Milan,...

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Bipartisan Environmentalism Diary

First, some sad news: a great hero (the founder, some say) of the modern environmentalist movement has died. MILWAUKEE – Gaylord Nelson, the folksy Democratic senator from Wisconsin who helped start the modern...

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Who holds what truths?

“We hold these truths to be self-evident…” This phrase is seared into the soul of America like no other. On this July Fourth weekend, it seems fitting to reflect on the meaning of these words and the truths...

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