• How to Improve the Economy – Legalise Cannabis

  As I am wont to babel about the economy: here it goes again. President’s Bush’s economic stimulus package, which pledges...

   

• How Corporations Took Over The Supreme Court

  The headquarters of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, located across from Lafayette Park in Washington, is a limestone structure...

   

• Minister jeered by teachers over tests & class sizes

  The Schools minister, Jim Knight, was given a public dressing down by teachers yesterday as he sought to defend large class...

   

• VOTING COMPANY BULLIES ELECTION OFFICIALS

  Failed machines same as those to be used in Pennslvania tally BRAD BLOG Sequoia Voting Systems’ legal threats against...

   

• Cheney again links Iraq invasion to 9/11 attacks

  Vice President Dick Cheney told soldiers in Iraq that the 9/11 attacks spurred the decision to invade Iraq. BAGHDAD —...

   

• Majority of Americans view Iraq war as failure

  Americans offered a much more negative view of the Iraq war than President George Bush’s verdict on its fifth anniversary...

   

• Clinton missed key policy decisions

  On the day that dozens of US cruise missiles rained down on Serbia in an attempt to punish Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic...

   

• An apple a day keeps the McDoctor away

  Shake-up of hospitals will open door to McDonald’s sponsorship. Firms such as McDonald’s and Virgin could be...

   

• High-tech interrogations may promote abuse

  Among certain circles, including the American Psychological Association, we need more research on effective interrogation...

   

• Italian Judge Orders CIA trial To Proceed

  An Italian court ruled the trial of 26 U.S. intelligence agents involved in the rendition of suspected terrorist sympathizer...

   

• Brown wants to send civilian force to war zones

  A force of 1,000 civilians including police, members of the emergency services and judges, ready to be deployed to conflict...

   

• One out of ten trust government data security

  It’s probably no surprise, but the government’s horrendous record with data security has destroyed the public’s...

   

• Firms’ biometrics records ‘can be hacked’

  The growing use of biometrics to identify individuals is “insecure and in need of immediate attention,” according...

   

• Media should press candidates on open government

  WASHINGTON — At a time of continued government secrecy, the news media should press the presidential candidates on whether...

   

• Police Censorship of Smash Edo film

  Police have intervened across the country to censor ‘On the Verge’ an independent documentary about a campaign...

   

• Tabloid Fabricated Heathrow Plot

  

  Mar 20, 2008 3:37

  Evening Standard condemned by press watchdog for coverage of the Camp for Climate Action’s Heathrow protest. Claim...

   

• Wiretapping’s true danger

  History says we should worry less about privacy and more about political spying. As the battle over reforms to the Foreign...

   

• Panel approves DNA bill testing for convicts

  COLUMBIA – South Carolina would make DNA testing available for prisoners who claim they’re innocent under a bill...

   

• Former UN chief links democracy, human rights

  UN chief Boutros Boutros Ghali stressed here Wednesday the significance of the close relationship between democracy and defence...

   

• Israel’s airport security questioned

  JERUSALEM – A civil rights group is challenging Israeli airport security practices. The group says Israel singles out...

   

• Mugabe Government Dismisses Rights Report

  Zimbabwe’s government has described as rubbish accusations that general elections scheduled for March 29 would not be free...

   

• Bin Laden in new video attack on EU

  Al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden addressed the “wise men” of the European Union in a new audio message slamming...

   

• Ex-chief weapons inspector slams Iraq war

  LONDON (AFP) – Hans Blix, the former chief UN weapons inspector, slammed the Iraq war as a “tragedy” and...

   

• Ron Paul on the Anniversary of the War on Iraq

  “The occupation of Iraq began five years ago today, but few realize that the march to war began ten years ago under...

   

• National Guard has played major role in war in Iraq

  SPRINGFIELD — On the five-year anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, more than 9,000 Illinois Army National Guard soldiers...