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Commentary Solomon: NPR FLOATS AN OMBUDSMAN, BUT PROBLEMS RUN DEEP

Commentary, March, 13 2000 Norman Solomon
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What if a big restaurant chain announced that it was hiring a chief inspector -- and filled the job with the person who'd been in charge of the company's kitchens? We might roll our eyes if the incoming inspector proclaimed from the outset that th...

Commentary Albert: Participatory Allocation

Commentary, March, 12 2000 Michael Albert
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An economy needs some procedure for coordinating different workers' activities with one another and with the desires of consumers. The procedure, called economic allocation, determines how much of each input and output is used or produced, and whe...

Commentary Gonsalves: This is not a campaign issue?

Commentary, March, 11 2000 Sean Gonsalves
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Thanks to the state department and our "adversarial" free press, even those who consider themselves well-informed about foreign policy have tremendous gaps in their knowledge when it comes to our policy in Iraq.

Commentary Guellec: The Problem of Experimentation on "Decisionally Incapacitated" Humans

Commentary, March, 10 2000 Dorothy Guellec
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Five of the world's 10 leading causes of disability are psychiatric depression, alcohol abuse, bipolar mood disorder, schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. These disorders have genetic determinants and physical correlates. In the past ...

Commentary Zinn: Sender Garlin

Commentary, March, 09 2000 Howard Zinn
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As the twentieth century came to an end last December, an extraordinary man, whose life spanned the century, died at the age of ninety-seven. His name was Sender Garlin.

Commentary Martinez: Students of Color Fight Racism at Univ. of Mich. with Month-Long Occupation

Commentary, March, 08 2000 Elizabeth Martinez
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Since Feb. 6, the Students of Color Coalition (SCC) has occupied the tower of the University of Michigan Union building to protest ongoing racist practices on a campus that claims to have a longstanding commitment to multiculturalism and diversity...

Graphic Wagner: GOP Hijacked by Religious Right

Graphic, March, 06 2000 Pete Wagner
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Religious Right, George W. Bush, Bush, Falwell, GOP, Republican Party, Moral Majority

Commentary Hartmann: A Visit to Los Alamos

Commentary, March, 06 2000 Betsy Hartmann
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In January I made my first trip to New Mexico. My partner and I visited the ancient Pueblo cliff dwellings at Bandelier National Monument. Like many tourists before us, we were awed by the beauty of the Frijoles Canyon and the knowledge that an an...

Commentary Albert: A Program Seeking Dignified Work

Commentary, March, 05 2000 Michael Albert
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We want to dignify work so we seek to equalize the empowerment effects of all jobs. But how?

Commentary Shalom: The Diallo Case

Commentary, March, 04 2000 Stephen1 Shalom
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During the Vietnam War, the court martial trials of Lt. William Calley and other U.S. military personnel who massacred hundreds of unarmed civilians at My Lai was deeply contentious. Conservatives opposed the trials as besmirching the good name of...

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