Category Archives: Special Reports

Senate Report: Torture Started With Bush Denying That Geneva Convention Applies To al-Quaida And Taliban

A Senate Report, the result of a two year study, says that President Bush got the torture ball rolling on Feb, 7, 2002, with his memorandum stating that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to al-Qaida or the Taliban. The … Continue reading

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Paul Krugman Says Financial Sector Yearly Has $400 Billion In Waste And Fraud

Paul Krugman’s column in the New York Times today, “The Madoff Economy,” uses the $50 billion ponzi scheme of Bernard Madoff to slam the whole investment industry. Krugman says that it appears that every year there is at least $400 … Continue reading

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John Goodlad Says Public Must Agree On “The Democratic Purpose Of Public Schooling”

John Goodlad has written an essay — “Judging the Bush Years: Well-Educated or Much-Schooled?” — that analyzes and criticizes the No Child Left Behind campaign of the Bush administration. Goodlad says that although NCLB is obcessed with testing, it fails … Continue reading

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