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August 2008
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March 2006
- Fort Myers News-Press (Florida), 16 March 2006
Contrary to a widely-held myth, Robert E. Lee described “the painful discipline“ of slavery as necessary for Africans’ “instruction as a race,” and did not free his slaves — his father-in-law did. Lee held similar views about Mexicans and Asians:
Lee County needs to re-examine link to Confederate general
January 2006
- 2006 Environmental Performance Index: report (PDF) | maps
January 2005
- 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index: report (PDF) | maps
August 2004
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December 2003
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July 2003
- Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2003
European electoral systems, with ‘31 flavors,’ offer citizens better representation:
‘Baskin-Robbins’ Voting
June 2003
May 2003
April 2003
March 2003
February 2003
January 2003
- Pacific News Service, 23 January 2003
The assault on affirmative action:
Bush’s Snake Dance on Race
- Speech on capital punishment by Illinois Gov. George Ryan at Northwestern University College of Law, 11 January 2003, commuting all death sentences:
“I will not stand for it.”
- rates of incarceration worldwide — the USA is #1:
- As Enron scandal demonstrated, the USA is not at all immune to corruption – a handful of other nations fare better, most a lot worse:
August 2002
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