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THE NEW ALLIANCE PARTY Dr. Fulani's Snake-Oil Show by BRUCE SHAPIRO Bruce Shapiro is founder and director of the Grass Roots Reporting Project, a new initiative of The Nation Institute. Research assistance was provided by Paul Webster and Amy Bitterman. On December 7 of last year, Mayor Carrie Saxon Perry of Hartford, Connecticut--the first African-American woman elected mayor of a major city, a progressive Democrat whose eloquent oratory and elegant haberdashery alike make her one of the state's most recognizable political figures--emceed the opening of a political campaign office on Main Street. To a substantial crowd gathered on the ...

Having read numerous posts and replies here at Free Republic, it is very clear that many Freepers strongly one candidate or another and more power to them. On the other hand, there appears to be a sizable number who do not enthusiastically support any one candidate, but who fear one candidate more than all others. I include myself in the latter. I believe that this is true in primaries as well as in general elections. When only two candidates or two parties are contesting an election, a voter effectively votes against the candidate he or she distrusts or fears by ...

Who are the four most powerful individuals in the US whose power is virtually free of any legal restraints?

Scientists create smart mice with added gene By Patricia Reaney LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Scientists in the United States said they had created a strain of smart mice by inserting a gene into the rodents' brains, proving it possible to improve the intelligence of mammals, including humans. The strain of genetically modified mice named Doogie were given extra copies of a gene called NR2B which helped them to learn faster and to improve their memory. ``They're learning things much better and remembering longer. They're smarter,'' said Joe Tsien, a neurobiologist at Princeton University. As they aged, the mice also ...