Bush's Tactic of Refusing Laws Is Probed

“I was for the law I signed before I was again it”

Bush’s Tactic of Refusing Laws Is Probed: ‘The President’s constitutional duty is to enforce laws he has signed into being unless and until they are held unconstitutional by the Supreme

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The People's Business

The People’s Business

The People’s Business: “On Tuesday it (the House) took up the gay-marriage amendment. This was a meaningless exercise, except in terms of amassing political ammunition: The Senate had already defeated

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What Did You Expect, America

Daily Kos: What Did You Expect, America?

Daily Kos: What Did You Expect, America?: “If you put people in charge of running a project they are ideologically committed to proving a failure, it will fail. “ I

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Blowing the Whistle on Diebold - In These Times

Blowing the Whistle on Diebold — In These Times

Blowing the Whistle on Diebold — In These Times: “The single greatest threat to our democracy is the insecurity of our voting system,” warns Kennedy. “Whoever controls the voting machines

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Strategery’ From the Primary Source

USNews.com: Washington Whispers: “To the list of those penning books about the prez add the most authoritative source of all: President Bush. Insiders say that he’s been working on the

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James Jordan and James Powell - The False Hope of Biofuels

The False Hope of Biofuels

I know we are all holding out great hopes for biofuels, but these nagging pieces keep showing up in the papers… The False Hope of Biofuels: “Biofuels such as ethanol

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Appalachian Garden

Common Ground: The Shortest Food Chain

Here’s another article on the sustainable foods culture. The tie is to the book by Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Looks like another trip to the booksellers for me. Everthing I

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