John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young layers (hens), called 'pullets', and ten roosters, whose job it was to fertilize the eggs. (This is an old joke, but is is as relevant as ever, and timely too.)

There are no nations! There are no peoples! There are no Russians. There are no Arabs! There are no third worlds! There is no West! There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multi-variate, multi-nationiona

"Poor and working people in this country are sent to kill poor and working people in another country, to make the rich richer. Without racism, soldiers would realize that they have more in common with the Iraqi people than they do with the billionaires...

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WASHINGTON - Congress is taking new whacks at the cigarette industry, banning tobacco sales in Senate buildings and -- more importantly -- seeking a significant federal tax increase on cigarettes. The industry, once a lobbying behemoth, is quietly work

JOHNSTON, Iowa (Associated Press) -- Barack Obama says voters in Iowa, though relatively few are black like him, care little about that and much more about whether he'd be a president who would make their lives better.

The Blackwater case fits perfectly into the broader pattern of the administration's almost total failure to enforce the law against corporations. More than in most criminal law areas, prosecution of corporate criminals has an element of deterrence.

President Bush just vetoed a bill extending and reforming the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Sign the petition to fight back!

Five years ago Congress voted to bestow power on President Bush to begin this catastrophic war in Iraq. Alone among the presidential contenders, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Cleveland) spoke against the war that day on the floor of Congress.

The New York Times reports that the Justice Department issued a secret opinion in 2005 authorizing use of painful physical and psychological tactics against terror suspects, including simulated drownings and freezing temperatures.