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Black Lung on the Rise; Excessive Mining and Corporate Malfeasance to Blame
For decades—at least until the big economic crash of 2008—the country has grown increasingly fond of the conservative narrative that claims that the only reason the majority of government regulation exists is because liberals are all secret communists who want to regulate corporations out of business just to do so.…
Supreme Court to rule on violent video game regulation
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Supreme Court on Monday accepted a case on whether the state of California can forbid the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. In 2005, California approved a law banning the sale and rental of violent video games to children under the age…
Ex-cyber czar wouldn’t trust government to filter the internet
Richard Clarke, who was the United States’ first special adviser to the president for cyber-security during the Bush administration, believes that cyber-war is a very real threat to the United States. He fears, however that an aversion to government regulation is standing in the way of protecting vital systems. “Regulation…
Everyone’s tape is a little red
Ezra points to a piece by Dean Baker in the Boston Review that refutes the myth that conservatives are anti-regulation and liberals are pro-regulation. I enjoy people who try to take wingnut bullshit in good faith and carefully dismantle it, because I don’t have the patience for it. In general,…
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