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Defending the Ancien Régime by Lou Dubose | July 1, 2009
When it comes to state secrets, there's not much daylight so far between the Obama and Bush administrations. While phone companies got a pass on illegal wiretapping, the Al-Haramain v. Bush lawsuit remains to challenge the Obama administration on whether the executive branch will determine state secrets without limits on its authority. Democrats in Congress aren't waiting for the courts, introducing the State Secret Protection Act of 2009.
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Republicans Are Revolting | Much Ado About
| No Worries by Lou Dubose | July 1, 2009
Republicans should find themselves on the defensive after complaining loudly about Janet Napolitano's Rightwing Extremism report
The dangerous rhetoric of the antiabortion rights movement thunders on
Right-wingers challenge the legitimacy of Obama's presidency, with virulent eruptions of hate speech.
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You Don't Need a Weatherman by Lou Dubose | June 15, 2009
Flat Earth Republicans recoil in horror at the cap-and-trade provisions of the American Clean Energy and Security Act, while environmental organizations and scientists take a more reasoned approach.
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In the Wrong Place for a Long Time by Murat Kurnaz and Lou Dubose | June 1, 2009
Murat Kurnaz recounts his arrest and torture in U.S. prisons in Kandahar, Afghanistan; Guantánamo, Cuba; and his continued detention for four years after the U.S. government determined he was innocent.
Kurnaz's account reflects the institutionalization of torture months before Bush administration memoranda legalized "enhanced interrogation."
A former FBI agent testifies that torturing Abu Zubaydah failed and the Bush administration lied about it.
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HANDICAPPED HEALTH CARE REFORM
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Republicans Shocked, Shocked at Partisan Behavior of Democrats by Lou Dubose | May 15, 2009
As Senate Dems invoke the "R" Word (Reconciliation) to move health care reform, the Republican animal totem has shifted from an elephant to a mule.
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Obama's Economic Team Banks
On Wall Street by Lou Dubose | May 1, 2009
Where is the balance between public and private in Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's Public-Private Investment Plan? And why does Wall Street seem to be running the show? Is the Obama administration standing on the little guy instead of standing up for the little guy?
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THE STATE OF JOURNALISM 2009
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No News Is Bad News by Lauri Lebo | April 1, 2009
Has daily print journalism has taken a step toward extinction? Recent bankruptcy filings, the closing of some venerable large metro dailies, and the decision to remake others as online-only publications don't bode well for the Fourth Estate. The Anniston Star, a small-town daily in northeastern Alabama, perseveres, defying that trend
the Internet may signal renewed hope, rather than the death knell, for journalism.
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