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Kagan’s Opponents
Conservative criticism of Kagan’s nomination might be getting more ink, but plenty of people on the left don’t want Elena Kagan to serve on the Supreme Court either.
Filthy Factories Won’t Help Sick Kids
Conditions at the Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, Johnson & Johnson factory that produced now recalled children’s medicines including children’s Tylenol, Motrin, and Benadryl were apparently appalling.
Monsanto Seed Delivery Angers Haitian Activists
Small-scale Haitian farmers are furious about Monsanto’s efforts to “help” their country, Beverly Bell writes.
Racial Wealth Divide now a Vast Gulf
This is Your Brain on Pesticides
Trillion-Dollar War Tab
The National Priorities Project’s Cost of War counter, which measures the flow of money Congress appropriates for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, will reach the $1 trillion mark on May 30, the organization predicts
We’ve Been Slicked by Big Oil
Suddenly, we’re relearning the painful lesson that when technological solutions combine with corporate promises, we often get a toxic mix.
Wake Me Up When It’s June
After investigating the matter over the weekend officials now think it was a systemic glitch, which, under certain circumstances, can torpedo the market. But they’re going to fix it, probably. Great. Do you ever get the feeling that we’re shooting craps with the other guys’ dice and the dice don’t have spots on them?
No Fixing Housing Woes Without Dealing with Jobs First
Our country has plenty of housing. It’s just in the wrong place. There are lots of houses in Detroit, East St. Louis and rural spots where jobs have left. Cheap. But who wants to settle there?
Times Square Bomber Popped a Bubble
Bubbles are built on illusions. We believed that our high-tech companies and, after that, our houses would continue to rise in value and then…pop! We believed that we could continue offshore oil drilling without environmental consequences and then…pop! And we believed that the drone program in Pakistan, which expanded in 2009 and has killed hundreds of civilians, would not generate any blowback and then…Faisal Shahzad.
