What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer -- And Isn't Telling You

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A More Perfect Union: The Creation of the U.S. Constitution

Today, Wednesday, the 17th day of September 2008, marks the 221st anniversary of the signing of the Constitution for the United States of America by the nation's founders, and with the hope of forming a more...

Clinton, Obama debate with less finger-pointing

What?  No more name calling?  Very un American.  Put them in a hot oil wrestling ring and see who wins....my vote."The exchange was in sharp contrast to previous debates because of the absence of...

Barack Obama on Presidential Power

Senator Obama uses less measured language and approaches the questions with more social and historical perspective than Senator Clinton, reflecting his relatively few years inside the Beltway.  Their positions are quite similar, though his answers on the Bush...

Best Buy Falsifying Court Docs: Is There a Geek Squad for Fraud? -AP

As if keeping a separate sneak-o-net wasn't enough..."Best Buy finds itself in the embarrassing position of having to explain its lawyer's conduct after he admitted to falsifying documents in a class-action...

Iran: The war has already begun

"Iran: The war has already begun By: John Pilger As opposition grows in America to the failed Iraq adventure, the Bush administration is preparing public opinion for an attack on Iran, its latest target, by the...

Which Way the Wind Blows: Stem Cell Bill Sails Through the House

Even if Bush vetoes the current bill, this vote proves that he will be unsuccessful in squashing stem cell research."The vote, 253 to 174, was not enough to overturn a likely presidential veto of the measure, which would authorize federal support for research using stem cells...

George W. Bush Wants to Read Your Mail...

The only consolation is that it would take him quite some time, as those squiggly things on paper are not his strong suit..."Today I have signed into law H.R. 6407, the "Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act." The Act is designed to improve the quality of postal service...

Western Democracy's Darkest Hours

If you've read my NowPublic stories before you know that I am not prone to hysterical headlines or hyperbole. So hopefully you'€™ll recognize that the zinger for this story is no exaggeration. The first...

Sen. Specter prepping bill to sue Bush - Yahoo! News

"We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president's acts declared...

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