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Letters: ‘The earth is doomed’

by WS Editors | May 1, 2013 | Environment, Politics

Warning Ignored Re: “Environmentalism on the Offense for a Change,” The Washington Spectator, March 1. I was a supporter of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for many years. I can no longer support it since I’m now on Social Security. These scientists have been warning us for decades that what we were […]

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Bo Cutter: Why Obama and Baucus Should Push for a Carbon Tax

by Bo Cutter | Apr 30, 2013 | Environment, Politics

(Obama and Baucus have the power to push for a carbon tax, says Bo Cutter: AP) We are at an unacknowledged turning point for the economy and the environment. We could, right now, substantially reduce our debt and deficit projections, take a major step toward a better environment, create a simpler and fairer tax system, […]

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Yvette Carnell: For Jackie Robinson, It Was the White Man’s Way or No Way

by Yvette Carnell | Apr 29, 2013 | Legal Affairs

(Jackie Robinson, the subject of the movie 42, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1949). I am not a person who romanticizes Jim Crow. Separate but equal was never equal, and activists were right to upend that system of apartheid. But everything comes at a price and the price Jackie Robinson paid, at […]

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James Hansen: ‘These Next Few Years Are Critical’

by Alison Fairbrother | Apr 28, 2013 | Environment, Politics

(James Hansen quit NASA to mount a movement against carbon emissions: Fox News.) The annual Ridenhour Prizes in Washington, D.C., awarded by the Fertel Foundation and the Nation Institute, last week celebrated 10 years of honoring whistleblowers, advocates, writers, and filmmakers who expose injustice and uncover corruption, often at great personal cost. Each year I […]

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Geoff Rips: Will It Play in Peoria?

by Geoff Rips | Apr 26, 2013 | Politics

As he proved in the 2012 Presidential debates, Rick Perry has a hard time following a thought to its logical conclusion. He could remember the first two federal departments he wanted to kill but not the third. He can warn his “fellow Texans” about the fiscal and moral damage that would be caused by the […]

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Bad Faith Documentary

Bad Faith

“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns

Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones

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“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024”Variety

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