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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Surprise, Surprise: Corporate Influence on Policy Results in Disasters

A larger narrative on lobbying reform and corporate responsibility has to emerge from this string of recent mining disasters. Corporate influence on public policy has undermined safety standards in multiple industries, and now very publicly in mining. Finally the Senate has declared they’ll hold hearings on the Crandall Canyon Mining Disaster and require co-owners Robert […]

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Iceland: Little Anti-Aluminum Party Loses

Man. I really liked the Iceland Green Movement. Too bad they weren’t more organized. May 2007 May 2003 Preliminary Actual Independence Party 25 22 Progressive Party 7 12 Social Democrats 18 20 Left-Green Movement 9 5 Liberal Party 4 4 Iceland Movement 0 0

Friday, May 11th, 2007

American Progress: Future Career

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Alito Under the Radar

Alito has, until this point, flown under the radar. That means not that he does not pose a threat, that he has not wrought havoc upon our liberties, but only that we have not been paying enough attention. For instance, we were lax when he upheld the strip search of a 10-year-old girl, when he […]