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Goodbye and thank you from Seattle PostGlobe 30 Jul 2011 | 12:31 am
THANK YOU Thank you to our donors for your support, which made what we did possible. We also wish to extend special thanks to: KCTS and Moss Bresnahan for free office space and being o...
Afghan judges accuse U.S. of war crimes 30 Jul 2011 | 12:16 am
I recently sat down for 90 minutes to speak with six Afghan judges, all of them women, and an English-Dari interpreter, a man. They spoke to me as individuals. They aren’t preparing any investigatio...
Second thoughts on sex and politics 29 Jul 2011 | 07:45 pm
The resignation of Rep. David Wu [1] may seem like little more than a blip in the year’s cavalcade of sexual misconduct by elected officials, from all-male tickle parties and crotch sexting to craigsl...
Cliff Mass: Cloudy weather is at its worst in 60 years 29 Jul 2011 | 07:30 pm
Several of you have noted that it is not the cool temperatures or even the rain that bothered you this last few months, but the lack of sunlight–sort of like a summer version of seasonal affective dis...
Wait, parts of the FAA have been shut down? We explain. 29 Jul 2011 | 07:15 pm
Thought Congress had averted a government shutdown by striking a 2011 budget deal back in April? That’s only partly true. While lawmakers deadlock over long-term deficit reduction plans tied to the r...
Fact check: Debt ceiling raised at last minute under Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush 29 Jul 2011 | 02:24 pm
President Barack Obama’s communications director said we’ve “never” been in danger of defaulting before. That’s not true. Congress has come close to failing to raise the debt ceiling before defaulting...
Years later: Human Rights Watch announces that Bush and Cheney tortured — what gives? 29 Jul 2011 | 12:31 am
COMMENTARY Statutes of limitations for torture not resulting in death have passed. The Department of Justice has refused to prosecute 99 of 101 cases of torture-to-death that it looked at. Obama has ...
Whistleblowers say Nuclear Regulatory Commission watchdog is losing its bite 28 Jul 2011 | 07:45 pm
When he retired after 26 years as an investigator with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Office of the Inspector General, George Mulley thought his final report was one of his best. Mulley had spen...
Dispatch from inside the Malawi protests: An African spring? 28 Jul 2011 | 07:30 pm
Malawi is in upheaval. Just as when Tunisians first rose up against their government, few outside are paying much attention. The same basic forces — unemployment, high food prices, human rights abus...
Newborn screening breakthroughs create challenges 28 Jul 2011 | 07:15 pm
Bioethical issues during pregnancy and childbirth likely will only get more complicated for parents and doctors in the coming years. This week The Wall Street Journal explores new challenges posed by ...
