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Petition seeks Nobel Prize for Pete Seeger

If a pair of Bay Area folksingers and cultural activists have their way, Pete Seeger, the now 88-year-old icon of music for peace and justice, will be nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. For decades,...

Lying at MIT teaches important lesson

READERS CORNER Recently, Marilee Jones, MIT’s dean of admissions, was discovered to have lied on her application regarding her educational qualifications. Upon being accused, she resigned from her post, and MIT is planning on replacing her...

More voters facing unfair barriers

Texas may now be the latest state to enact new Jim Crow-like restrictions on American voters. After a six-hour debate, loaded with nearly hysterical allegations of voter fraud and citing unsubstantiated examples of boogey-man immigrants stealing...

Down by the riverside, new nukes

Over the past year, a group of nuclear physicists has been studying a site on the banks of a beautiful river. Hidden from international nuclear inspectors, they are drawing up plans for a new facility, possibly...

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