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This morning there was a story on NPR’s Weekend Edition (click the “Listen” button) about a new law in Britain banning incitement to religious hatred. Reportedly Michael Palin, of Monty Python fame,...
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Remember back in school when you were forced to read and recite all that mumbo jumbo about "separation of powers," "checks and balances," and America’s "three branches" of government? What a drag, huh?...
View ArticleErasing José Padilla, United States citizen
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Hot Coffee is a 2011 documentary film directed by Susan Saladoff which reveals that corporate interests have systematically muscled the American people out of their own legal system, and that the...
View ArticleBritish law to protect religion from hatred — and laughter?
This morning there was a story on NPR’s Weekend Edition (click the “Listen” button) about a new law in Britain banning incitement to religious hatred.Reportedly Michael Palin, of Monty Python fame, has...
View ArticlePresident Bush: ‘Signing statements’ make him 3 branches in 1
Remember back in school when you were forced to read and recite all that mumbo jumbo about "separation of powers," "checks and balances," and America’s "three branches" of government? What a drag, huh?...
View ArticleErasing José Padilla, United States citizen
In his special comment about “sacrifice” last night, Keith Olbermann spoke of the way President Bush has been able to “deaden the collective mind of this country to the pointlessness of endless war,...
View Article‘Hot Coffee’ movie: How tort reform smothers your rights
Hot Coffee is a 2011 documentary film directed by Susan Saladoff which reveals that corporate interests have systematically muscled the American people out of their own legal system, and that the...
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