Ted Rall's Anti-American Manifesto

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Representative democracy in America has become so distorted that most citizens have opted out and don’t even register to vote. Ted Rall’s suggested cure for the many ills that afflict the United State’s current political system is radically simple: Tear it all down and start over again.

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Mad MDs

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

No one has a better first-hand view of the problems with this country’s health care system than the doctors who work in it, a vantage point that has made some of them “mad as hell” about it.
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Net Neutrality

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Defenders of uniform access to the internet, a concept termed "net neutrality" are calling on the FCC to reject a new proposal from Google and Verizon to create multiple tiers of access.

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A single significant act of civil disobedience, one that may have changed the course of American history in the 20th century, is chronicled in the new documentary film, The Most Dangerous Man in America.

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Stimulus jobs

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0100

Federal stimulus money is quietly funding subsidized job placements in Sonoma County.

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One the funding was released to the local program, it took only a few weeks to begin working. Conner clearly recalls the first person they were able to get hired.

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Corporate Personhood

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100

California’s far north coast is home to a nationwide campaign for a constitutional amendment to revoke the concept of “corporate personhood,” as recently extended by the US Supreme Court.

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Bruce Robinson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Economist Helene Jorgensen thought she had good health insurance, until she got really sick. Having survived both her illness and her direct dealings with hospitals, laboratories and insurance companies, she has written a bluntly critical account of her experiences, both economic and medical, titled Sick and Tired.

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Electric Mail Trucks

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100

While the major automakers are getting ready to roll out the next generation of electric cars, a North Bay company is demonstrating how that technology could be applied to such utilitarian vehicles as mail trucks.