| Feb 20, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyIt’s all the rage in state legislatures and even in Congress. More than a dozen states are debating proposals to require jobless Americans who receive unemployment benefits to submit to mandatory drug testing. The argument for forcing the unemployed to relieve...
| Nov 21, 2011 | Peace / SecurityGrim-faced military officers and ashen-faced politicians describe a horrific “war zone,” with “hundreds of people murdered” and “citizens under attack around the clock.” Some of the politicos say that the situation is so dire that...
| Sep 19, 2011 | Economy / BusinessIt’s bedtime, children. Get on your jammies, scootch under the covers, and I’ll tell you a “Perry Tale.” In this one, Prince Rick is trying to make it to the big White House in Washington. It’s a strange quest, because he calls the...
| Sep 12, 2011 | Peace / SecurityLove my guns, Can’t do without; Know one day They’ll bail me out. Do you remember when Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) returned to Congress just in time to cast a vote for raising the debt ceiling and slashing the safety net? I wish that she had instead...
| Aug 15, 2011 | Economy / BusinessThe fury surrounding the debt ceiling deal was so boisterous and rowdy that most Americans took a while to notice that it does nothing to create jobs. In a ginned-up crisis during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, Congress haggled over social...
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