Blame it on George W?
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Blame it on George W?

By: Jim Hoover Now I know what die-hard conservatives will say without even looking at the chart above: you’re blaming it all on George W. again. Conservatives do have a point. We should blame it on the ignorance and apathy of too many American voters, interference and manipulation of…

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May 30, 2011
Japanese Taboos – The Short List
Country / Editorials / Education / Society

Japanese Taboos – The Short List

By: Momoko Mariyama It’s always fun and interesting to learn about other countries, their society, culture, moral values and of course, the guilty pleasure knowledge of their taboos. The Japanese, while largely a very shy, humble and respectful culture also have many things that you just don’t do or…

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May 28, 2011
Single-Payer Health Care: The Time Has Come
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Single-Payer Health Care: The Time Has Come

By: Jim Hoover Another very important bit of news the mainstream corporate media won’t feature: Vermont has voted for the first single-payer health care system, in other words, a system without private health care middlemen who, leech-like, suck record profits out of the misery of patients[i]. Now, who doesn’t…

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May 28, 2011
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott
Book reviews / Religion / Science

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott

By: Jeremy Mydril Historically, Edwin Abbott is perhaps best known as one the premiere 19th-century theologians of his time, writing multiple novels and texts about religion and grammar (exclusively). But he did also venture into fiction, if only briefly—actually only once—with Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, which is…

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May 26, 2011
Body / Miscellaneous

WARNING: DON’T BITE DOWN!

By Diva Dee Ok. So I got this aching tooth, right?  I’m sure nothing’s wrong cuz I was just at the dentist 4 years ago.  What can go wrong in 4 years? So anyway, I am a sincere believer that one must give the body a chance to heal…

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May 23, 2011
Can Scams Get Any Bigger?
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Can Scams Get Any Bigger?

By: Jim Hoover We’ve had the Barney Madoff scam affecting hundreds and the Wall Street scam perpetrated by hundreds and affecting millions. Now it’s the Harold Camping scam affecting billions. Scams are all around us. We have conmen in politics who fool voters into voting them into office and…

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May 22, 2011
Betrayed and/or Screwed?
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Betrayed and/or Screwed?

By: Jim Hoover Princeton University professor, Cornel West, is bitterly disappointed in Barack Obama. Like many of us, he bought the egalitarian rhetoric Obama used doing the campaign and fought for his election. Now like many of us, he feels betrayed. “The system is rigged against poor and working…

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May 22, 2011
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