Monday, September 8, 2014

Salon: Scalia's utter moral failure: How he destroys any claim to a superior system of justice

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September 8th, 2014
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

Scalia's utter moral failure: How he destroys any claim to a superior system of justice

He doesn't think executing an innocent man matters. How on earth can such a depraved human be on our Supreme Court?

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It's a wasted opportunity for CNN, with its random programming strategy that avoids news at all costs

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From "Rent" to "Hair," these shows prove no substance is too hard to be turned into a song and dance routine

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Why today's most exciting crime novelists are women

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Obama's Lincoln problem: Which Lincoln is he, the great orator or the great obfuscator?

Obama hoped to emulate Lincoln's sense of justice and compassion. He may follow him in less flattering ways

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Report: Charles Koch founded anti-environment group to protect big oil industry handouts

New documents reveal the mega-rich libertarian is the mastermind behind the Institute for Energy Research

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The rebellion to save planet Earth: Why civil disobedience could be our last, best hope

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Another Donald Sterling: NBA owner to sell team after revealing racist email

Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after writing the team's white fans might be afraid of its black fans

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Tax reforms, however necessary, can't solve America's institutional racism and its resulting income inequality

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