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Life, liberty, and protection from our own stupidity?

December 7th, 2006 · 28 Comments

On Tuesday, New York became the first city in America to ban the use of trans-fat in restaurants. The Board of Health approved the ban unanimously after hearing testimony from several experts explaining that trans-fat is clearly linked to heart disease and clogged arteries, and appeals from many city residents, including a six [...]

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Unfairness or discrimination? Is there even a difference?

December 5th, 2006 · 12 Comments

Last week U.S. District Judge James Robertson ruled that the government must change the nation’s currency in order to give the blind and visually impaired a way to distinguish among the bills. According to Robinson, the currency violates the Rehabiliation Act which prevents discrimination on basis of disability in government programs. Noting that the [...]

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Enemy combatant? No rights for you…

November 15th, 2006 · 23 Comments

What better way is there to spread freedom and democracy than to incrementally take it away from people that already have it?

Always championing new tools in the Global War on Terror, the Bush administration said on Monday that immigrants arrested on suspicion of terrorism may be held indefinitely and may not challenge their imprisonment in [...]

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Foley’s Page: Not a victim?

October 3rd, 2006 · 8 Comments

Sixteen year olds are capable of making adult decisions.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few days you at least know the basic story. Mark Foley, a Republican congressman from Florida who time and time again denounced sex predators as “animals” was accused of having acted as one. Correspondence between [...]

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