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Jan 27 2006
Fueling Sectarian Violence in Iraq
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By MWC News   

"Maybe they just need to have their civil war"

Since last summer, the ad-jingle-style centerpiece of the U.S. mission in Iraq, as defined by George Bush, has been: "As Iraqis stand up, we will stand down." In recent months, that "standing up" of Iraqi security forces to gradually replace American occupation troops has become even more important in administration pronouncements on the war.

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Working for the Enemy
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By Archie Kennedy   

Working for the Enemy

Don Bragg and Elvis Hatfield toiled in dangerous conditions to provide food, clothing, and shelter and Christmas toys for their children. Unfortunately, their employer was their enemy. Their employer placed profit above the safety coal miners and the miners died as a result. 

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A Preview of Coming Attractions
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By MWC News   

A Preview of Coming Attractions

“Show me the man and I’ll show you the law” [David Ferguson: Scottish Proverbs (1641)], a well-known truth then, and one that still applies four centuries later. After all, the law, whether legislated or otherwise imposed, always ends up being what the judge says it is, overtly or inadvertently influenced by personal considerations and convictions.

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Does the President Really Know Best?
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By MWC News   

Bush's Warrantless Spying

If you are not raising your hand, you're not alone. As regular readers of thos site are aware, only recently has the world received notice that President Bush's "I can do anything I want" approach to governance has a name: the Unitary Executive Theory of the Presidency. Not having heard of this concept, and thinking perhaps that I had missed something in Constitutional Law, I decided to survey a random sampling of attorneys about it.

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The Power of The Lie
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By MWC News   

The Power of The Lie

Remember the movie "Groundhog Day"? It was the story of a man (Bill Murray) who was forced to continuously relive the worst day of his life, until he learned to become a better person.

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