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‘The payday loan business, long known for taking advantage of its customers by putting them in a never-ending debt cycle, claims a proposed South Dakota ballot initiative might put them out of business in that […]
‘More than a dozen minor earthquakes have struck western Alabama’s Greene County since November. The area is near the Black Warrior Basin, where thousands of hydraulic fracturing natural gas wells have been operating in recent […]
‘For some time, food chain Whole Foods Market and organic farmers have had a cooperative, mutual relationship. The retail grocer has enabled organic farmers to gain a sizable foothold in the food market at a […]
‘Earlier this week, NPR host Diane Rehm asked Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who is competing for the Democratic nomination for the presidency, whether he is an Israeli-American dual citizen (he isn’t). What was less noticed […]
‘New York University, which has been rocked by revelations of providing multi-million dollar residences, forgivable mortgages, and sweet-deal, in-house financing for luxurious vacation homes to an elite group of staff and faculty, is now linked […]
‘The U.S. military facility on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean represents a horrific example of the human costs of war and imperialism. First, they tried to shoot the dogs. Next, they […]
‘Poland is discussing the possibility of stationing of US Army equipment warehouses in the country with Washington, the Defense Ministry said in Warsaw on Sunday. The Polish ministry also said on Twitter that Defense Minister […]
‘The US Central Intelligence Agency had explicit guidelines for “human experimentation” on terrorism detainees as part of its controversial rendition, detention and interrogation program, according to a newly declassified document. The document containing the guidelines […]
‘Egypt has extended a three-day-long opening of its Rafah border crossing with the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip for two more days. “Egyptian authorities have informed the Palestinian side that the terminal will remain open for two […]
Review of Mike Lee, Our Lost Constitution: The Willful Subversion of America’s Founding Document (Sentinel, 2015), x + 244 pgs., hardcover. One might get the impression from reading Senator Mike Lee’s new book that he and his fellow Republicans in Congress who talk about the Constitution actually believe in following it. And the same could be said for the conservatives who endorse the book on the back of its dust jacket: Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Edwin Meese, and Larry Arnn. This doesn’t mean that Lee has not written a good book. He has, or at least the first part of … Continue reading →