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Gosar: SOPA is flawed policy

Jan 19, 2012 Comments Off by

By Congressman Paul Gosar

They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.  Nowhere is that more true than in Congress.  Too often, some members of Congress want to be seen as “doing something” about a problem, or “caring” about people or constituencies, they support …

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The freedoms others don’t have

Aug 28, 2011 Comments Off by

Syrian gunmen break artist’s hands as ‘warning’

A renowned political cartoonist whose drawings expressed Syrians’ frustrated hopes for change was grabbed after he left his studio early Thursday and beaten by masked gunmen who broke his hands and dumped him on a road outside Damascus.One of Syria’s most famous artists, Ali Ferzat, 60, earned international …

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