Analysis
Why did Susan Boyle become a global phenom?
April 25, 2009I first saw the headline on Google. Something about “Britain’s Got Talent ‘never been kissed’ Susan Boyle attracts wide viewership.” Yes, the never been kissed part perked my interest.
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Restoring reason at the FDA
April 24, 2009It's official. Seventeen year-olds now get a second chance to prevent pregnancy as easily as older women do. The FDA, per order of the White House, extended over-the-counter access to emergency contraception, also known as the...
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May Day, a great time to discuss labor unity
April 24, 2009May Day is a great time to think about labor unity. It is not a static thing. Labor does not “arrive” at a final place called “unity.” Labor unity, like the broader fight for working class...
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LETTERS
April 24, 2009School has no heat! I opened the Denver Post to see a shivering child’s picture on the front page. She was from a small K-12 school in Silverton, Colo., where winter temperatures often drop below zero....
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May Day — Born in the USA
April 24, 2009Many of us never learned in school that May Day, the most widely celebrated holiday in the world, was born here in the USA. On May 1, 1886 Americans across this great land left their jobs...
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