David Ridenour takes another look at the Law of the Sea Treaty, and still doesn’t like what he sees: Brutal assaults on pro-democracy demonstrators, the arrest of 700 Buddhist monks, the complete obliteration of at least 18 villages, the dragging ...
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David Ridenour takes another look at the Law of the Sea Treaty, and still doesn’t like what he sees: Brutal assaults on pro-democracy demonstrators, the arrest of 700 Buddhist monks, the complete obliteration of at least 18 villages, the dragging ...
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Washington, D.C. - Just as the Bush Administration has stepped up its human rights pressure on the Burmese ruling junta in light of that regime's brutal crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, it is simultaneously taking a substantial step to increase the ...
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A blogger called knobboy has criticized the National Center's paper, "SCHIP Expansion: Socialized Medicine on the Installment Plan," by citing this New York Times (by Philip M. Boffey, via Firedoglake) complaint: No one has the nerve to brand this country’s ...
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There's a new TV show in the fall network lineup that says a lot about where our culture is these days:  "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?"   Agreeing to be a contestant on this latest must-see TV will ...
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A recent Congressional Black Caucus Foundation conference featured an "energy braintrust" that promised a lively three-hour discussion by oil company, association, government agency and university executives to "transform dialogue into action" and "bolster the relationships between the energy industry and ...
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An Open Letter to Bill Cosby On Clarence Thomas by Darryn "Dutch" Martin (bio) Dear Dr. Cosby: I've always been a huge fan of your work as an entertainer, philanthropist, family man and example of what can be accomplished with ...
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  Why Migrate South? by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D. (bio) Beginning with the end of the Civil War, huge numbers of newly-freed black Americans moved from the rural South to metropolitan areas - especially in northern states - in what is ...
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Poor Al Gore. He's been in a downward spiral all year long. First, he received an Oscar for his documentary (or was it a "mockumentary"?), An Inconvenient Truth, from the out-of-touch motion picture industry. Then he received an International Emmy ...
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National Review Online is running a delightful Star Trek feature this weeked. No conservative Star Trek fan should miss it. But I do wonder how James Lileks can not know the correct title of the ST:TOS episode guest-starring Joan Collins ...
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