29 January 2008
Juno: The safe, "independent" comedy
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Eric Ray
Juno
Directed by Jason Reitman
written by Diablo Cody

Juno, the much-talked about film about a pregnant teenage hipster, has been praised for being this year’s “little film that could." This film became popular as...
26 January 2008
Meat’s meat...so let’s eat
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Jason Miller
Canine. It’s what’s for dinner.

We pride ourselves on our devotion to the principle of equality here in the United States, so it’s time to put our values where our mouths are, so to speak. Pigs, chickens, cows, and the like...
13 January 2008
Four score organizations express opposition to Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump
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Kevin Kamps
Takoma Park, MD – A dozen national organizations, joined by 68 state and local grassroots groups from across the country, filed comments to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday expressing strong opposition to the risks inherent in...
01 January 2008
2007: Annus Mirabilis and the Smiling Garden of Eden
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Pablo Ouziel
In 1905 Albert Einstein, presented the Annus Mirabilis ("Wonderful Year") Papers, in which he explained the mass–energy equivalence formula, E = mc2, which lead to the development of nuclear energy. In 1955, a few days before his death,...
31 December 2007
Surrender is Not an Option
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Jim Miles
Surrender is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad
by John Bolton.
Simon & Schuster, Threshold Editions, New York. 2007.

It is an interesting perspective, that of America...
07 December 2007
Kucinich first, Edwards second in PDA straw poll
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Tim Carpenter
Not surprisingly in a field of eight contenders, no candidate came close to gaining a majority of the total vote in PDA's recently completed presidential straw poll.  But two candidates--Dennis Kucinich (41%) and John Edwards (26%)--...

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