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Religious coalition in Palm Beach calls for countywide anti-wage theft ordinance

By | 11.08.11 | 3:54 pm | More from The Florida Independent

People Engaged in Active Community Efforts — aka PEACE, a coalition of  27 religious congregations from Palm Beach County — told 450 of its members Monday night that it is urgent to continue their campaign to create a countywide anti-wage theft ordinance.

It’s Not the Achievements. It’s the Journey Itself.

By | 10.09.09 | 8:58 am

For a domestic audience, President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize is arguably awkward. Concern-troll Mickey Kaus is already editorializing that he should turn it down, in a concession that, as Morrissey once crooned, he just hasn’t earned it yet. And I don’t know.

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Obama on Al-Arabiya

By | 01.27.09 | 9:21 am

In recent years, when the president of the United States appears on Arab satellite TV, it’s because something bad has happened and an apology is warranted. These days, President Barack Obama appears on al-Arabiya TV specifically to send a gesture of respect and reconciliation to the Arab world, probably More…

Egypt, The U.S. And The Gaza Ceasefire

By | 01.07.09 | 5:10 pm

There may or may not be a ceasefire coming soon to Gaza. If there is, the Wall Street Journal reports, it’ll emerge from Cairo:

Despite a flurry of other negotiating tracks, including talks pursued by Turkey, Cairo has become the hub of diplomacy over the Gaza war in the

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