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A Crack in the Theocratic Infrastructure?

By Frederick Clarkson On May 20, 2011  

Sarah Posner reports at Religion Dispatches about how professors in class at the law school founded by the late Jerry Falwell pressured students to choose “God’s Law” over “Man’s” in an exam question about a notorious kidnapping case.  The two professors who taught the class at Liberty University are personally involved in the [...]

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Spanish High Court Rules Torture Case Against US Can Proceed

By Joshua Holland On February 25, 2011  

Spain’s highest court ruled that a controversial case against US officials for authorizing the torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay could proceed, rejecting an attempt by a Spanish prosecutor to end the investigation. The decision is a major victory for human rights activists, and a blow to the US government.

According to a cable released [...]

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The Craziest Wingnut in America Wants to Criminalize Unauthorized Vaginal Bleeding

By Joshua Holland On February 24, 2011  

With the rise of the Tea Partiers, there’s intense competition for the title of Craziest Wingnut Holding Public Office.

But Georgia state Rep. Bobby Franklin, R-Marietta, has to be considered the top contender. He was the one who proposed a law that would require rape and sexual assault victims — but not the victims of [...]

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What Is the Real Agenda of the Budget-Cutters?

By Dave Johnson On February 23, 2011  

What is the real agenda of the budget-cutters? Are they really trying to bring the country back from the edge of financial ruin? Or did they bring about the appearance of a borrowing crisis to create a public panic that enables them to impose “solutions” that change the very nature of our country — while [...]

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Murder of Abortion Docs as Justifiable Homicide

By Frederick Clarkson On February 23, 2011  

Now that the brouhaha over a proposed bill in the South Dakota legislature that would have redefined the murder of abortion providers as “justifiable homicide” is largely over, and the bill has been tabled, let’s consider the origins of the idea.

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