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Blog Entries by James Boyce from 06/2009

Introducing PLASTIC: A Series of Blog Posts on the Fifty Year Anniversary of Calling Debt Credit

| Posted 06.02.2009 | Business
Read More: History of Credit Cards, Debt, Credit Crisis, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Business News

How did debt become as much a staple of the American family as high school football or Thanksgiving dinner? Is it possible that this single piece of plastic actually molded our culture?

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Matisyahu, K'naan, and (RED)Nights Hit Los Angeles

| Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment
Read More: Matisyahu, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Africa, Music, Red, Concert, K'naan, Africa, Music and Religion, Entertainment News

The (RED)NIGHTS shows are a part of an effort from (RED) to donate $130 million to The Global Fund, an organization that currently provides a quarter of all international financing for AIDS worldwide.

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Are We Beacons of Democracy Only When it's Easy?

| Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics
Read More: Iran, Politics News

Today, in Iran, the crackdown will come. Hundreds, thousands, may be killed in the terror. What exactly are we doing to help them? Besides talking about it.

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Get Transformed: See Food, Inc.

| Posted 06.29.2009 | Green
Read More: Transformers, Organic, Food-Inc-Film, Movie-Reviews-Food-Inc-Reviews, Food Inc., Green News

Make a deal with the kids. You'll sit through Transformers, but they have to see Food, Inc. Just don't sit in the second row for either movie, trust me.

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