Author: ask

OWS Photo Diary

Back in New York for a few days. One of my top agenda items was to visit OWS, so yesterday afternoon I took the subway to Fulton Street to see what it was all about. I didn’t really intend to make a diary out of it, but...

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Prosecute Bush Over Torture

So says Human Rights Watch in a report released last Tuesday. I had totally missed that bit of news. The theatrics of the debate on the debt limit ceiling and the concurrent implosion of the Murdoch media empire dominated the...

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Groundbreaking News – HIV Treatment

I’m at work and cannot spend much time on hashing out a diary. But the news is so good that it should be shared widely. I found the following press release in my inbox this morning: Groundbreaking trial results confirm HIV...

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Unions = Higher Productivity

It has been wonderful to see the support going out to the public employees’ unions in Wisconsin. The Teaparty, Governor Walker and the powers that be have seen fit to attack collective bargaining rights and have, in...

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