Month March 2010

Idea of nullification gains steam in Texas

Whether it be over Real-ID, gun laws, or whatever, the idea of nullification is building. This is the belief that the Constitution allows states to ignore federal laws it doesn’t agree with. Jury nullification is a similar concept. For example…

Re-priming the economic doomsday machine

Economists: Another financial crisis on the way Nonpartisan group led by Nobel winner calls for stronger financial reforms The report warns that the country is now immersed in a “doomsday cycle” wherein banks use borrowed money to take massive risks…

March 4 Day of Action. Student Activists

StudentActivism.net has over 100 actions planned for today. March 4 Day of Action to Defend Education is a grass-roots event in which students, faculty, and others are coming together around the country to speak and act. The Day of Action…

10 companies reinventing our energy infrastructure

Wired profiles ten companies doing amazing, positive things, creating our new energy future. The innovations include plants that turn themselves into sugar, speeding the process to create biofuel; high altitude kites that produce electricity from the jet stream, superconductor electricity…