Thomas Riggins
LATEST ARTICLES BY Thomas Riggins
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Opinion
Big Tobacco targets minority youth
June 29, 2011A new study shows big tobacco companies are trying to lure minority youth into smoking menthol cigarettes.
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Budget cuts are really people cuts
June 22, 2011When governments balance budgets by cutting services, they are saving money, but also causing the deaths of thousands they judge socially useless.
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Video games and free speech
June 16, 2011Should we regulate or ban violent video games or not? This is a question still being debated.
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U.S. prepares dangerous Iraq exit
June 9, 2011This summer the U.S. may be facing its "most dangerous remaining mission" in Iraq - getting our troops out.
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Justice Scalia and the Dybbuk
June 1, 2011It seems that, for second time since I can remember, a federal justice has been possessed by a dybbuk, an evil spirit in Jewish mythology.
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What do IQ tests really measure?
May 26, 2011The one thing most people agreed upon was that, whatever was being measured, these tests did not measure "intelligence."
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GOP would sacrifice environment, thousands of women for profit
May 19, 2011Young girls and women who have been exposed to air pollution may have had their DNA mutated, causing them to contract breast cancer before menopause.
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Big oil, government sacrifice kids for profits
May 11, 2011Another reason to curb Big Oil: scientists are warning of danger to fetal development from chemicals found in crude oil.
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