Social Issues

Magazine articles on social issues such as crime, the environment, abortion, wealth distribution, drugs, etc.

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National Defense June 2009 Matthew Rusling	Customs Employs See-Through Technology at Border The Department of Homeland Security is employing a new device that can peer through vehicles used in cross-border smuggling.
National Defense June 2009 Michael G. Frodl	U.S. Energy Debate Overlooks Russian, Chinese Postures Energy security is now being given serious attention.
ifeminists May 12, 2009 Wendy McElroy	A new path to sue your way to wealth! The court system has become an ATM for self-proclaimed 'victims' to collect big paydays.
InternetNews May 12, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	BSA: Software Industry Lost $53B to Piracy in 2008 Industry group warns of escalating losses from unlicensed software.
AskMen.com	Study: Bad Boys Don't Always Get The Girl In a South American tribe with the highest known murder rate, it turns out that the most aggressive guys end up with fewer wives and children than do milder men.
AskMen.com	Suspected Nazi Guard Demjanjuk Jailed After three decades of fighting in court, John Demjanjuk arrived at a German prison to face allegations of being an accessory to the murder of 29,000 Jews and others as a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp.
ifeminists May 11, 2009 Wendy McElroy	Sex offender hysteria kills children I simply do not believe society now produces 10x, 20x, 100x more sexual offenders than it did a few decades ago when children walked home from school alone and safely.
Chemistry World May 8, 2009 James Urquhart	US biofuel funding boost The US biofuel industry has been given a funding boost and a policy makeover by the US administration, guiding the nation towards a more energy independent and environmentally friendly future, say officials.
Chemistry World May 7, 2009 Karen Harries-Rees	Australia delays carbon trading scheme The Australian government has delayed the start of its proposed emissions trading scheme by a year and introduced the possibility of tougher reduction targets, in a bid to ease pressure on companies during the global financial crisis.
ifeminists May 7, 2009 Wendy McElroy	Libertarian attitudes toward prostitution This article uses the issue of prostitution to examine three common attitudes with which libertarians approach the rights of people they may morally dislike. Although the focus is prostitution, the analysis applies equally to drug users, etc.
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