Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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Arts
Anti-gay Superman writer sparks outrage
February 19, 2013"Young Americans look to Superman as a champion of justice. Anti-gay extremists should be a serous concern to these Americans. It is peculiar that DC Comics would decide to bring [the two] together."
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U.S.
Ted Nugent shoots his mouth off after Obama gun control remarks
February 13, 2013Yesterday Nugent proved that he has no respect for the president, nor for those who fell victim to the country's unchecked wave of gun chaos.
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U.S.
Six steps! Leaders say, “Prep infrastructure for climate change”
February 12, 2013Leaders of the labor-environmental group Blue-Green Alliance called on the president to launch and prioritize a national dialogue on climate change.
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Arts
U.S. shootings: Rockers, metal artists decry gun violence
February 11, 2013You can't sweep issues under the rug, not in a country that goes to the rest of the world and claims to be an exceptional example.
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Arts
U.S. shootings: Musicians, too, have been the victims
February 8, 2013"Twenty-four years to the day when John Lennon was shot and killed in front of his New York City apartment building, emerged from behind a seven-foot-high stack of amplifiers."
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Environment
Five million farmers sue Monsanto for “taxing production”
February 6, 2013Farmworkers say Monsanto makes an exorbitant profit each year on royalties from "renewal" seed harvests.
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Environment
Europe may ban bee-killing pesticides
February 6, 2013Under proposals now before the European Union, three pesticides that harm bees and have contributed to their overall decline may be banned soon on that continent.
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U.S.
Obama, FCC expanding public Wi-Fi
February 5, 2013The move is intended to decrease network congestion and enhance media (such as streaming HD videos). It is also an important shift, however, in the direction of free Internet for everyone.
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