| Oct 17, 2011 | Environment / HealthThe seven members of Congress who signed a strongly worded letter to an Obama cabinet official on October 5 raised serious concerns about the administration’s cozy relationship with a high-profile energy company. “Rather than acting as fair arbiters of...
| | Rights / DemocracyMillions of people are still shocked and outraged by the state of Georgia’s execution of Troy Davis for a murder he may not have committed. People who had never heard of Davis or had never thought much about the death penalty suddenly confronted Georgia’s...
| | Rights / DemocracyIt’s been a little more than 50 years since I first walked into the Des Moines Register newsroom to begin a career in journalism. It was a beat-up scruffy place filled with beat-up scruffy people, almost all men. They worked in a big room lined with gray steel...
| | Environment / HealthWhatever else you think about tea-party-infused Republican leaders in Congress, at least they’re consistent in their opposition to big government intrusion in the economy, right? Absolutely. Unless you count intrusions of taxpayer funds into corporate projects...
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