Month: July 2006

Hersh on Iran

If you haven’t yet read Sy Hersh’s newest New Yorker piece, you should get cracking. Sy has a lot of sources in this bad boy, and it ain’t pretty from the point of view of world peace. That’s because Dick...

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Brian Schweitzer is leading the way

Once again, it is Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer leading the way in pushing for a much-needed reform. The revolving door of politician-turned lobbyist-turned politician-turned…is a particularly insidious virus in...

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America: Time to be "born again"?

On my way home from the gym yesterday, I noticed a new sign in front of a local church. You know–the kind of sign where someone can rearrange the letters for a new message each week. (Create your own here.) I’m...

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HPV, Pre-School, and the Underclass

I think Gardasil is going to save thousands of women’s lives. Gardasil is a vaccine that prevents infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV). It is estimated that approximately 20 million American men and women are...

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Americans are the Real Enemy

Colonel Jeffrey Snow thinks the real enemy is not Iraqi insurgents, but the media and the American people. A US combat commander suggested the United States could lose the war in Iraq if public support for it at home is sapped...

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