Audits critique USDA oversight of biotech field trials
The Star Tribune notes an internal inspector general audit showing USDA failed to conduct required inspections, ensure destruction of test crops, or track test sites. It argues such lax oversight raises public concern over engineered genes escaping into the environment and questions the credibility of self reporting. It also reflects on Court nominee Samuel Alito, praising qualifications while noting partisan warfare over confirmation.
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Alabama
Jeff Sessions
Ted Kennedy
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Bryan Quotes on Religion and Free Speech Rights
A quotation highlights the core protections of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. The text asserts government should not establish religion nor restrain free exercise, nor abridge speech or press, nor impede peaceful assembly or petitions for grievances.
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Bryan
Kabuki of Alito Hearings Turns Senate Stage
Critics called the confirmation hearings a Kabuki charade as the Senate and public watched a political show more than a substantive judgment. The process moved from committee to full Senate amid monologues, with divisions over abortion and liberty shaping the outcome and public engagement fading.
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Japan
Joe Biden
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National Mall
Arlen Specter
Harry Reid
South Carolina
Lindsey Graham
Bush
Washington Post
Supreme Court
The Boy Crisis and Biology in Education
Rich Lowry argues Newsweek's cover on boy crisis highlights inherent gender differences shaped by biology. He cites testosterone effects, rising behavioral problems, and reduced two-parent support as factors, urging classrooms to accommodate boys with structure and activity rather than pursuing gender equality as a universal aim.
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Newsweek
Christina Hoff Sommers
Countering the other Phelps with Pride Week fundraising
A Kansan shares how to counter the name Phelps by turning protests into fundraising via KU Queers and Allies Pride Week. The piece contrasts personal hurt from the Westboro clan with supporting AIDS research and gay rights, noting Uncle Fred’s demise as poetic justice.
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