Month: May 2014

This Is An Injustice

You know what is hard to fake? How about hand-shaped bruises on your breast? Occupy Wall Street activist Cecily McMillan has been sentenced to 3 months in jail and five years probation for assaulting a police officer, a charge...

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The Secrets of Fracking

I have real difficulty having any sympathy for legislation like this: As hydraulic fracturing ramps up around the country, so do concerns about its health impacts. These concerns have led 20 states to require the disclosure of...

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Mitch McConnell Walks the Razor’s Edge

Al Cross has some smart analysis of the situation in Kentucky where Mitch McConnell is headed to a (perhaps narrower than anticipated) victory in Tuesday’s primary. However, one thing that I think Cross misses is the...

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When Even Mitt Romney (Updated)

Mitt Romney owns a house in Wolfeboro, NH, the town recently in the news for the action of one Police Board Commissioner, Robert Copeland and his racist behavior. Well Mr. Copeland, even Mitt Romney now says that you should...

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