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A Vote Is Such a Waste, by Ted Rall

Imagine if we decided to stop fighting wars and spent that money on health care instead. What if we watched one less hour of TV or did one less hour of doomscrolling and dedicated the same amount of time to exercising every day? Every minute we waste on something stupid could be redirected to productive...
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A Missed Chance to Look Terrible, by Ted Rall

Trump's decision to back out of his planned public execution of the Fort Hood mass shooter is sad for America. Not because it wouldn't have been a gruesome spectacle that eroded whatever is left of the country's international standing — it would have. Not because Nidal Hasan won't still be killed on Dec. 3 —...
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What Is the Death Penalty for?, by Ted Rall

Once again, the debate over capital punishment is raging, driven by the staggering incompetence of Tennessee's would-be prison executioners, who have repeatedly failed to kill Christa Pike for a murder she committed 30 years ago, and by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's shocking announcement that the military plans to livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood...
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