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CLIMATEGATE REDUX
Mr. Cuccinelli Goes to Court
Lou Dubose Virginia's attorney general appears to be using his office to conduct an ideological vendetta with national implications. … When does the prosecution of a Mississippi trial lawyer and state supreme court justice by the U.S. attorney veer toward persecution?
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Economic Amnesia / Seize the Day
Lou Dubose Two economists demonstrate that Obama's economic stimulus package prevented a depression. … Bill McKibben urges immediate action to prevent a looming environmental catastrophe.
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TRIPLE JEOPARDY
Will the Supreme Court's Enron Decision Free Don Siegelman?
Lou Dubose A recent Supreme Court decision may offer a glimmer of hope for former Democratic Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, convicted of honest services fraud and other charges. The case was remanded back to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for rehearing. But the Republican U.S. attorney who got the conviction after three prosecution attempts has yet to be replaced by the Obama administration, and the state attorney general who once tried him now sits on the appeals court.
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THE DIN OF INEQUITY
Wall Street vs. Your Street
Lou Dubose Will the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act reform Wall Street or protect consumers by the time it passes the Senate? … The Republicans are blocking one of the most effective ways to stimulate the economy—extending unemployment benefits.
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The View
The View from Grand Isle
By Shawn Martin Folks living on Grand Isle, Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island, know BP and its claims process first hand.
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WHO GETS THE GAVEL?
Two Congressmen, One Chair
Lou Dubose The gulf between Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman and Republican Rep. Joe Barton's recent questioning of oil industry execs highlights what's at stake for the Democrats should they lose the November elections.
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NUCLEAR SPRING
Obama Drops the Bomb
Lou Dubose Barack Obama declassified weapons stockpile numbers, convened an international Nuclear Non-proliferation Conference, committed to renewing the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and is pushing for an international campaign to secure all fissile material. Some Republicans, notably former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, are pushing back, while Henry Kissinger leads a group of former secretaries of state and defense who are cheerleading Obama's effort.
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