Category Archives: law

UGANDA? ZAMBIA? KENYA?

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Where To Escape the Individual Mandate (Hint: Not Canada) By Amy Bingham/ ABC News/ June 30, 2012 Good Luck Finding A Developed Country That Has No Individual Mandate The Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Obama’s health care law on Thursday made … Continue reading →

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Early Problems With “Enhanced Interrogation”

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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The Visible Hand of the Market

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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Human Rights: It’s So Last Decade

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

In a NY Times Op-Ed, Jimmy Carter calls out the U.S. government (while carefully omitting President Obama’s name) for it’s worsening human rights record. The former American president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, clearly unafraid to speak his mind (Carter … Continue reading →

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The Morally Corrupt But Brilliant Secret Strategy of the Military/Industrial/Homeland Security Complex

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

by Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report “War is a racket… easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious… It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives….It is conducted for … Continue reading →

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5 GREAT THINGS ABOUT AMERICA…THAT AREN’T TRUE ANYMORE

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report 1st Great Thing About America: We Are a Democracy (Or Used To Be)  Image: Ares/caglecartoons.com  Once a shining beacon of democracy, the United States of America has lost its way. To be sure, … Continue reading →

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At Long Last, Grandpa Makes Sense

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day “…the worst decision of the United States Supreme Court in the 21st century– uninformed, arrogant, naïve.” Senator John McCain on the Citizens United decision NY Times: John McCain’s Three Little Words

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Drone Targets?

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

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Better Never Than Late

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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NO JUSTICE FOR SIEGELMAN

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Supreme Court Denies Siegelman, Scrushy Appeals By Andrew Kreig/ Justice Integrity Project/ June 4, 2012 True to recent form, the U.S. Supreme Court denied relief June 4 to former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman on corruption charges. This sets the stage … Continue reading →

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