Canada has legalized doctor-assisted suicide. Now our neighbors to the North are taking steps to discourage suicide tourism by Americans who want to die.
Stairway to Copyright Infringement Heaven
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A Los Angeles jury will soon decide whether Led Zeppelin ripped off the Spirit song “Taurus” for their monster hit “Stairway to Heaven.” How would the candidates weigh in?
Thank You For Your Suggestion
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The Trump and Sanders insurgencies have inspired many voters to join the primary process. However, many people are dismayed to find out that their vote may not matter due to obscure rules and regulations that vary by state.
Where Hope Goes to Die
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HIllary Clinton’s campaign sells her as a competent administrator. But she doesn’t offer any substantial policy changes that would improve Americans’ lives. All she really promises is to try to protect the status quo.
No Country for Old Airline Passengers
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The U.S. Senate voted down an amendment that almost every American could have approved of heartily, a Chuck Schumer-sponsored measure that would have allowed the FAA to tell airlines to stop packing passengers into planes like sardines. At a time like this can anyone doubt that this isn’t a democracy?
The Case for Ted Cruz
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As the second-place candidate in the Republican campaign, Ted Cruz is the main beneficiary of the Stop Trump movement. He can make a case against Trump, but can he make the case for himself?
TPP
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Economists say that free trade agreements like TPP, which are unpopular with voters and have driven the campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders,are good for the American economy overall, as long as dispossessed employees are provided with assistance. But they never are.
Satire Comes to the End of the Line
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Donald Trump’s campaign leaps over one taste line after another. Now his campaign manager has been formally charged by the police with physically assaulting a reporter during a rally. Trump promises to stand by his employee. What next for this crazy campaign, in which his supporters will forgive anything?
Thank You For the Precious Gift of Capitalism
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In one of his few major accomplishments, President Obama has moved toward normalization of diplomatic and economic relations with Cuba. But Cubans are already suffering such symptoms of “shock capitalism” familiar to 1990s Russia as inflation and food shortages.
