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Sensitive Scales
They don't blurt out your weight if you can't handle the news. ...

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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 Administration Threatening Scientist For Speaking Out on Air Pollution
With all of the shocking and distressing revelations about the Bush administration’s illicit activities, none have so shocked and distressed me...

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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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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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The Scourge of Bushism is Worsening
Unconscionable Bushism in action is plain to read about on the front page of today’s New York Times. An article titled “Medicare Woes Tak...

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Sin Tax for Gluttony
The idea of taxing unhealthy food has been around for years, but has never actually been used. The obvious reason is because the food lobby ...

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In Wisconsin, Doctors Don’t Have to Lie
With similar federal legislation on its way from the anti-abortion lobby, Wisconsin governor Jim Doyle has vetoed a bill for his own state that would have required doctors to tell women seeking abortion...

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Why Bu$h Wage$ War
Countless examples from George W. Bush’s record show that he favors big profits today over favorable consequences for tomorrow. He refused t...

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The Difference Between War and Abortion
I read a fascinating article a day or two ago, wherein the author answered a very pointed letter. The writer of the letter asked why liberals...

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House Deficit Bill Targets Poor, Likely Democrats
The GOP-controlled House narrowly passed a new budget-cutting plan that aims to cut fifty billion dollars from the national deficit in five year...

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