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Farmworker wages On Dec. 6 in Lakeland at the corporate headquarters of Publix Super Markets, a demonstration led by the Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers will take place urging Publix to agree to pay an extra penny per pound for the tomatoes the grocer purchases. ...more

November 30, 2009

Medicalizing mass murder

that someone who shouts "Allahu Akbar" (the "God is great" jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist motives. It certainly was a surprise to the mainstream media, which spent the weekend after the Fort Hood massacre downplaying Nidal Hasan's religious beliefs. ...more

November 15, 2009

Things we wish we didn't know

Sometimes we learn things that we wish we had not learned. Here are some of your thoughts this week: ...more

November 9, 2009

Health care

While at SFCC the other day, picking up my wife after class, I found myself in a student lounge area reading the student paper "Panther Purr," with S. Carl, editor. ...more

November 7, 2009

Med schools teach unproven remedies

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional Associated Press series on their use and potential risks. ...more

November 1, 2009

Health reform

President Obama's plan will simply make insurance work better by holding the insurance industry accountable. Under the president's plan, it will be against the law for insurance companies to: ...more

October 6, 2009

NBC Ending 'ER' Shift Tonight After 15 Years

It's an all "ER" night on NBC. The two-hour series finale begins at 9 p.m. following a one-hour retrospective. I've already heard some groans from "The Office" and "30 Rock" fans. ...more

April 2, 2009