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Antipsychotic Drugs, Their Harmful Effects, and the Limits of Tort Reform

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 11.01.2009 | Living

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There are many problems within our legal system that could benefit from reform. But so-called tort reform has already gone too far.

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Ritter Aide Nominated For Colorado US Attorney

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home

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President Barack Obama has nominated Gov. Bill Ritter's deputy chief of staff to be the top federal prosecutor in Colorado. Sen. Mark Ud...

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Obama's Dilemma -- Torture, Accountability and Partisanship

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics

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The treatment of prisoners during the Bush years is a stain on the moral standing of the US which the rest of the world will not easily forget.

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Asian Women: Rape And Hate Crimes

Jaemin Kim | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

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Reducing Asian women into a sexual object is not funny, it is not flattering. It is perilous. We can see this when Asian women are subject to race-targeted sexual violence.

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Constitutional Coup Averted In Illinois

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Supreme Court, Law, Impeachment, Greg Harris, Cabinet, Twenty-Fifth Amendment, Military Law, Legal, I'm in Charge Here, President, Governor, Reagan, Blagojevich, Acting President, Amendment XXV, Succession, Constitution, Illinois, Impeach, Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor, Depose, Acting Governor, Chris Weigant, Rod Blagojevich, Al Haig, Coup, Unfit for Command, Lisa Madigan, Haig, Madigan, Politics News

The Illinois Supreme Court has just rejected what was in essence a coup attempt by the state Attorney General, which would have installed the Lt. Governor in Blagojevich's place.

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Some of Us Physicians Actually Care About Our Patients

Doug Bremner | Posted 11.22.2008 | Living

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George Bush appointed a veterinarian to run our nation's drug regulatory body, who was foolish enough to not disclose or divest of the pharmaceutical stocks he owned, and had to resign.

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Voter Suppression: Urgent Now, Forgotten After

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Democrat, Vote, Republican, Foreclosure, Campaign, Legal, Michigan, Voter Suppression, John McCain Absentee Ballot, John McCain Campaign, 2008 Presidental Race, Politics News