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Bush Has Appointed Most Conservative Judges
A study by Cass R. Sunstein and David Schkade shows that Bush has followed the tradition of his father and Ronald Reagan in successfully nominating conservative…
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The Economist (magazine) Recalls Guantanamo in Kerry Endorsement
In its editorial endorsing Kerry, the Economist declares that our abuse of the international legal order by imprisoning people in Guantanamo, Cuba will "ha…
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Building the Case Against George W Bush
Check out TheCaseAgainstGeorgeWBush.com…
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Broadband over power lines?
Approved by the FCC. That's nice, I guess, though a bit weird. Is anyone seriously talking about providing this in the market?…
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In Case Your Child Is Still Looking for a Halloween Costume
The Littlest Prisoner at Abu Ghraib Your child will be the hit of the neighborhood costume parade in this recreation of the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal…
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Explosives vs. weapons
A Minneapolis TV station apparently filmed the Al Qaqaa facility on April 18th, nine days after Saddam's fall, with the boxes of explosives still intact. B…
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At Least the Ad-Guy Is Willing to Take the Fall
The Bush campaign doctored a photo to put in to Bush's backdrop soldiers where a podium had been. That's too easy to criticize. The more intriguing pa…
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Eminem's Call to Arms
Eminem's controversial new video for his song "Mosh," directed by Ian Inaba, sounds an anthem for a new generation. And ends with a call to vote…
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FBI Opens Probe into Halliburton Contracts
The Army Corps of Engineers' chief contracting officer alleged last week that the Army unfairly awarded Halliburton billions of dollars in no-bid contracts.…
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Amnesty Int'l Releases Reports on U.S. Torture
The new report offers Amnesty's comprehensive evaluation of U.S. practices. It quotes a decades-old report, one that remains relevant today, post 9/11: Ap…
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Record Opium Crop in Afghanistan
Meanwhile, back in Afghanistan, there's another problem brewing...…
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What Would a Bush Re-election Mean for Constitutional Liberties?
Ryan Walters and I have developed a game to dramatize the impact of a Bush re-election on our civil liberties. The game is entitled "Supreme Court Survivo…