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• Student Punished for Giving Drunken Friend a Ride Home

  

  Was Erin Cox unjustly punished for doing the right thing? Read more

  The 16 October 2013 by   Real Talk
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• While Rome Burns

  

  While Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives "wile" away their time by shutting down the government and threatening to blow up the global economy by... Read more

  The 11 October 2013 by   Rvbadalam
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• Jimmy Carter On Economic Inequality

  

  While the politicians in Washington continue to play political games and ignore the economic reality that this nation is fast becoming one of the most unequal... Read more

  The 09 October 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• East of Anywhere: America's Soweto

  

  From: Savage Inequalities Life on the Mississippi: 
East St. Louis, Illinois by Jonathan Kozol St. Louis: The other side of the tracksEast of anywhere," writes ... Read more

  The 08 October 2013 by   Rvbadalam
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• Study Finds Americans Really Are More Stupid Than the Average Human

  

  For some time now and especially the last couple of days, FOTM has sounded the alarm on the abysmal ignorance and stupidity of Americans. See: “Frightening:... Read more

  The 08 October 2013 by   Eowyn
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• Shutdown No Help To Congress Approval

  

  Americans show their discontent, approval sinks to 11% Read more

  The 08 October 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Carole King Speaks Out For Clean Power

  

  (The picture above of Carole King is by Michael Borkson.) Songwriter/musician/singer Carole King (whose Tapestry album is one of my all-time favorites) has... Read more

  The 08 October 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• A Closer Look at “China’s Trapped Transition”

  

  Recently, I read a widely discussed book called “China’s Trapped Transition” by Minxin Pei. Pei challenges popular arguments about China’s development as a... Read more

  The 07 October 2013 by   Center For International Private Enterprise
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• It's Official - Wendy Is Running For Governor

  

  State Senator Wendy Davis made it official yesterday. She is going to put her pink running shoes to good use in the next year or so, as she criss-crosses the... Read more

  The 04 October 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• A Path Forward

  

  House Republicans voted down a proposal to pass a "clean" continuing resolution (CR), i.e., one that doesn't call for delaying/defunding the Affordable Care Act... Read more

  The 04 October 2013 by   Rvbadalam
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