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Two Federal Courts Get it Right, Protect Late-Term Abortion
Two federal appeals courts ruled the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional because it does not include an exception for women who...

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Bush’s Little Moustache
I fear it is time that we all learned to click our heels, give the Nazi salute and bark “Sieg Heil!” Cindy Sheehan was arrested in the C...

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Bush Bolsters Fellow Opponents of First Amendment and Reason
On January 22nd, the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Roe v. Wade, Bush telephoned anti-abortion protestors to tell them that they were doing the right thing...

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If The Rat Is Right Under Your Nose, You’re Going To Smell It
Should elementary schools be teaching students how to tell when their country’s leaders are lying out their behinds? I raise the question...

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Greater Liberty for This Nation
One of my friends has recently taken a deeper interest in politics, and e-mailed me to ask what I think “will bring this nation greater li...

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Is it Possible to Take Rove Seriously?
Who knew? Karl Rove is vowing to make the war on terrorism a central issue in the midterm elections later this year. The surprising part is that...

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Ignorance is not Always Bliss
Chris Buttars is a State Senator from Utah. He is on the warpath against homosexuals. In his guise as warrior, he has mounted a campaign to outlaw gay-...

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Too Old to Die?
Clarence Ray Allen has been on California’s death row for 23 years. He’ll turn 76 the day before he’s executed. Accordin...

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Bush is Finally Honest, Admits to Tyranny
Earlier this week, Bush gave yet another speech on Iraq in hopes of bolstering support for the war that he started. He insisted that the a...

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What Are The Conservatives Saying?
Curious to find out what those who still support Bush and company are thinking, I’ve just looked over two dozen conservative commentary pi...

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Is The U.S. Press Cowed By The Bush Administration?
Since December 16, 2005, when the New York Times published its article revealing Bush’s program of spying domestically without court-approved wa...

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