Month: May 2010

Oh noes!! We can’t put juveniles in prison for life (without parole) anymore unless they actually kill someone. And only five Justices were decent enough to agree to the ban. Let’s see if you can guess which four...

. New research shows link between ADHD and pesticides Boston – A study recently published in Pediatrics demonstrates a link between Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and organophosphate pesticides. The Harvard-based...

Calls Israel a ‘Stalinist regime!’. After at least 22 news source responded to Israel’s denial of Noam Chomsky’s entry into the West Bank where he was to lecture at Bir Zeit University near Ramallah, the...

Crossposted from BorderJumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. Our entry begins in Maralal, Kenya, a place mostly known for its wildlife. And as we made the seven hour, bumpy trek from Nairobi–half of it on...

I hadn’t thought about it, but I guess it is not all that surprising that Arkansas has had only one Republican senator since Reconstruction. Of course, they haven’t had many Democratic senators who history will be...