What is ALEC?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/opinion/krugman-lobbyists-guns-and-money.html?pagewanted=print

Language virtually identical to Florida's Stand Your Ground law has been supplied to legislators in other states by American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)....

Silent Spring Dawns Hot, Dry and Merciless

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/03/21-0?print

This week, turning the corner into the astronomical Spring, we have gone abruptly from warm winter to hot summer....

To Save Israel, Boycott the Settlements

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/opinion/to-save-israel-boycott-the-settlements.html?pagewanted=print

Peter Beinart, a Zionist, shows why the only way to keep alive the hope of a Jewish democratic state along side a Palestinian one is to boycott the nondemocratic Israel....

Obama Care is a Mess We Can't Live Without--Fareed Zakaria

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/16/health-insurance-is-for-everyone/

The lessons from Switzerland and other countries suggest the inevitability of some version of Obamacare....

Iraq's Tribal Chiefs Step Into the Breach With Swift Justice

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/world/middleeast/ishaqi-iraqs-tribal-chiefs-practice-swift-justice.html

A Republican Breach of Trust re: cuts in spending

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/10/opinion/a-breach-of-trust.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print

JFK's speech in Texas regarding separation of church and state

http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/the-view-from-bay-ridge-in-1960/?nl=opinion&emc=edit_ty_20120306

Are the War Hawks Watching? In Lauded Iranian Film, Self-Interest Yields Tragedy

http://www.truth-out.org/are-war-hawks-watching-lauded-iranian-film-explores-tragedy-ambition-over-integrity/1330468416

After Many Tough Choices, the Choice to Quit

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/us/after-many-tough-choices-the-choice-to-quit.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

...social conservatives and Tea Party activists in Maine were hounding her at home, while party leaders in Washington had her hemmed in and steered the legislative agenda away from the matters she cared about.