by Steve Weinberg | Dec 2, 2010 | News
In the 2006 U.S. Supreme Court ruling Kansas v. March, Justice David Souter and Justice Antonin Scalia conducted a public debate within their opposing written opinions. Discussing the fates of death row prisoners, Souter opined that in such high stakes cases, innocent...
by Stephanie Kraft | Dec 2, 2010 | News
BerkShares are an alternative currency used in Berkshire County under a program initiated by the E. F. Schumacher Society in 2006 (see last week’s Imperium Watch). Since BerkShares debuted, 2.7 million have been put in circulation in the state’s...
by Norman Solomon | Dec 2, 2010 | News
Compared to the kind of secret cables that WikiLeaks has just shared with the world, everyday public statements from government officials are exercises in make-believe. In a democracy, people have a right to know what their government is actually doing. In a...
by Our Readers | Dec 9, 2010 | News
Put the Planet First In early November a delivery of nuclear waste en route to a “disposal site” in northern Germany met with some unanticipated obstacles. Dozens of farmers lined the route, blocking roadways with their tractors. Trees and stumps cut down...
by Ken Kurson | Dec 9, 2010 | News
In the latest example of a society allergic to measured responses and shades of gray, the reaction to the WikiLeaks dump has been embarrassingly in the red. Julian Assange is a hero, a freedom fighter, a speaker of truth to power. Or he’s a traitor, a rapist, a...
