Vote For Top Public Intellectuals

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Annie

Foreign Policy has an interesting poll for you .

They are some of the world’s most introspective philosophers and rabble-rousing clerics. A few write searing works of fiction and uncover the mysteries of the human mind. Others are at the forefront of modern finance, politics, and human rights. In the second Foreign Policy/Prospect list of top [...]

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What Nurses Need For Your Safety

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Annie

[UPDATE: I just ran across this investigative series about a hospital system in Texas. From my experience in healthcare institutions, it could represent any hospital, any healthcare employer and a national exemplar of what forces nurses contend with in trying to practice nursing and advocate for patients. Part One lays it all out [...]

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“We Don’t Torture”

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Annie

Brian Tamanaha on the always illuminating Balkinization blog explains more succinctly than anywhere else on the web how BushCo has justified its, “We don’t torture,” mantra in spite of clear and convincing (and deadly) evidence to the contrary.  Use this to explain to the Bush dead-enders:
“We do not torture,” declared President Bush in 2005.
A [...]

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