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Statement on a New U.S.-Russia Arms Control Agreement

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2010.  The report of a new agreement between the United States and Russia on a successor to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, marks an historic achievement that will increase the safety and security of the United States and our allies. This new follow-on treaty reduces[Read More…]

Blog: Free Speech On Display — And Off-Limits

Commentary First Amendment Watch By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director The power of free speech and of the First Amendment could not be more on display this week — in very different ways — from Capitol Hill to Tiananmen Square, from the sidewalk to the World Wide[Read More…]

Commentary on a New U.S.-Russia Arms Control Agreement

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–march 25, 2010.  The report of a new agreement between the United States and Russia on a successor to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, marks an historic achievement that will increase the safety and security of the United States and our allies. This new follow-on treaty reduces[Read More…]

Chalk One Up For Social Networking: Earth Day Drops ChemLawn

New Glaucester, Maine–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2010.  Risa Edelstein didn’t let a moment pass. As soon as she heard in our SafeLawns Weekly Update last Monday, March 15, that TruGreen/ChemLawn had sponsored Earth Day, she posted a Facebook page titled, simply enough “STOP TruGreen from Sponsoring Earth Day.” Hundreds of other SafeLawns[Read More…]

New Health Care Legislation Includes Troubling Setbacks For Reproductive Rights

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–March 23 – The landmark health care legislation signed by President Obama today includes troubling setbacks for women’s reproductive rights, said the American Civil Liberties Union. While the bill signed by the president today contains positive changes to health care policies that discriminate against women and provides women with access[Read More…]

How To Annoy Glenn Beck In Five Minutes Or Less

Commentary By Karl Frisch Want to annoy Fox News’ Glenn Beck in five minutes or less while simultaneously making sure your community gets its fair share of federal money? Fill out and return the 2010 U.S. Census questionnaire when it arrives in your mailbox. Few other issues seem to whip[Read More…]

The Media Myth Of Obama’s ‘Falling Poll Numbers’

Commentary by Eric Boehlert The release of an Associated Press poll last week that showed President Obama enjoying a healthy job approval rating of 53 percent didn’t generate much news beyond the wire service and produced even less commentary among the media’s chattering class. Then again, neither did another piece[Read More…]

Call For Wal-Mart Boycott Yields Small Victory

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010.  One day after MPP called for a nationwide boycott of Wal-Mart stores in order to protest the company’s contemptible and baseless firing of Michigan medical marijuana patient Joe Casias, the world’s largest public corporation is already changing its position — albeit not to the extent we[Read More…]

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