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Corporations are evading taxes

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:04 PM
The majority of US corporations are evading (or at least avoiding) paying their fair share of income taxes : Two out of every three United States corporations paid no federal income taxes from 1998 through 2005, according to a report released Tuesday
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David Neiwert on the TVUUC shooting

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:50 PM
David Neiwert, who has written extensively about eliminationist rhetoric from the right wing against liberals, had this to say about Sunday's tragedy in Knoxville: In reality, of course, rhetoric like this has historically played a critical role in some
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The day after

Monday, July 28, 2008 8:50 PM
Yesterday, a senseless act of non-random violence struck this city. A man, mad at the world and blaming liberals for his personal ills, targeted the innocent congregants of a progressive church in Knoxville, killing two and wounding seven. Like everyone
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Richard Holbrooke on Radovan Karadzic

Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:14 PM
Foreign Policy has a short but fascinating interview with former Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, who was the chief architect of the 1995 Dayton Agreement , which ended the war in Bosnia. He discusses the recent arrest of the fugitive Serbian war criminal
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Another day, another papal apology

Monday, July 21, 2008 10:48 PM
A couple of days ago, the Pope apologized again, this time in Sydney, for the Catholic Church's global sex abuse scandal : Speaking in Sydney, where he is participating in World Youth Day celebrations, the pontiff called the abuses 'a grave betrayal of
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Two quotes of the day, both by Angela Davis

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:49 PM
I ran across these two quotes from Angela Davis , both of which bear remembering: First, on President Bush : When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to. Then, dear Angela pretty much sums up our shallow culture's obsession with style
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Playing political games with the US census

Monday, June 23, 2008 6:25 PM
The Bush administration's mismanagement of the Census Bureau is posing a threat to the integrity of the 2010 census. Among other problems, there's this : Lawmakers must also ensure that the final census funding bill includes a provision from the House
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Marsha Blackburn and other wingnuts sign off on theocracy

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:50 PM
Thirty-one members of the US House of Representatives seem to think the establishment of an American theocracy is a more urgent matter than any of the economic, military, or environmental problems we face. Those 31, including Tennessee's own resident
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The fruits of deliberate ignorance

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:33 PM
Despite the fact that creationism and its dark twin intelligent design are nothing more than religious dogma tarted up to look like science, a disturbingly high number of science teachers in US schools insist on presenting that propaganda to their students
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House prevents Bush from sticking it to the poor (again)

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:20 PM
By a lopsided vote of 349-62, the House of Representatives voted today to impose a moratorium on seven regulations promulgated by the Bush White House which would have eliminated $13 billion in Medicaid funding for health care for the poor. Every House
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The Pope sticks his nose where it doesn't belong

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:20 PM
Pope Benedict gave an address in Washington today in which he derided our country's founding principle of separation between church and state. Our nation's firewall between clerical and legal authority really seemed to bother him. Arguing for an even
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Serbian punk nationalists on the rampage

Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:35 PM
In response to Kosovo's recent declaration of independence, a mob of Serbian punk nationalists started a riot in Belgrade today. Egged on by Serbia's hard-right nationalist prime minister, Vojislav Kostunica, a crowd of tens of thousands rampaged through
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Huckabee shows his theocratic urge

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:20 PM
Here's reason #1 Mike Huckabee is absolutely unfit to serve as President of the United States ( Raw Story via HuffPo ): "I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution," Huckabee told a Michigan audience on Monday. "But I believe
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My answers to a seriously unscientific survey

Sunday, January 13, 2008 5:22 PM
The mighty Joe Powell is soliciting answers to a set of questions for his readers. Here are the questions (in bold) with my answers underneath each one: 1) Do you have a preference for any one candidate in the current race for President of the U.S.? Please
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The French Anne Frank

Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:27 PM
Next week, bookstores in France will begin selling the diary of Helene Berr, a young French Jewish woman whom many are describing as the " French Anne Frank :" It starts like any other young woman's diary - with a description of hobbies, a first boyfriend,
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Integrity, principle, and decency

Monday, December 31, 2007 5:35 PM
Those three words are among the traits sadly lacking in the Bush White House; today's New York Times editorial holds nothing back in speaking the truth so many Americans refuse to hear: There are too many moments these days when we cannot recognize our
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Urbi et Orbi

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 10:53 AM
The Pope said this in his 2007 Urbi et Orbi speech: Benedict said he was turning his thoughts this Christmas to victims of other injustices, citing women, children and the elderly, as well as refugees and victims of environmental disasters and religious
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Quote of the day (on Christmas)

Friday, December 14, 2007 11:37 AM
A Twitter update by the inimitable Newscoma : Must go shopping or my family will be getting Tampax and batteries for Christmas. I should probably create a Newscoma tag. Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
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Officiousness at work

Monday, December 10, 2007 9:18 PM
In this post , Mark Harmon (the Knox County Commissioner and UT Professor, not this guy ) lays out a prime example of blind, officious obedience to arbitrary procedures trumping equitable treatment: UT's McNair Scholars program is a superb resource. It
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Candidates should speak to the American worker

Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:33 PM
Democratic candidates for the Presidency would do well to pay attention to the fundamental, structural issues facing the American workforce, issues which have so far been given short shrift by most of the candidates. First, the quality of the workplace
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