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New Zealand Campaigns Sidestep Abortion Scuffle
A judge’s ruling could add New Zealand to the list of countries making their abortion laws more restrictive. But the issue, while hugely partisan in the United States, isn’t being mentioned by the re-election campaign of Prime Minister Helen Clark.
(Women’s eNews, September 23, 2008)
Tags: abortion, helen clark, jeff fleischer, john key, law, new zealand, womens enews
This Won’t Hurt a Bit
A Painlessly Short (and Incomplete) Evolution of Execution
(Mental_Floss, January/February 2007)
Tags: death penalty, history, jeff fleischer, mental floss
In a Strange Land
With their homeland in danger, workers from Tuvalu travel abroad in search of employment.
(Alicia Patterson Reporter, Fall 2008)
Tags: alicia patterson reporter, climate change, environment, global warming, jeff fleischer, migrant workers, migration, new zealand, seasonal workers, south pacific, tuvalu
Operation Hollywood
How the Pentagon bullies movie producers into showing the U.S. military in the best possible light.
(Mother Jones, September 20, 2004)
Tags: censorship, david robb, interview, jeff fleischer, mother jones, movies, operation hollywood, pentagon
Goya’s “The Third of May”
Francisco Goya’s epic painting captures a terrible time in Spanish history, and epitomizes his ability to capture the dark side of human nature on canvas.
(Mental_Floss, September/October 2007)
Tags: art, francisco goya, goya, jeff fleischer, madrid, masterpieces, mental floss, painting, prado, third of may
Voting for Reform
For progressive Democrats, fixing the electoral system is job number one.
(Mother Jones, June 21, 2005)
Tags: barack obama, chicago, howard dean, jeff fleischer, jesse jackson, mother jones, voting rights
“Star Wars” and the True Phantom Menace
Commentary: Eliminating national missile defense is the first step on the path back to sane proliferation policy.
(BuzzFlash March 31, 2009)
Tags: buzzflash, commentary, jeff fleischer, military pork, missile defense, weapons