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Congress' Class of '94 Turns on the Spending Spigot

By Bob Barr

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | February 25, 2005

Like an out of control consumer who cuts up his credit cards, pays off his debt, and immediately digs a new, deeper hole, the federal government is back in the red - big time. We're spending on everything from B-2 bombers to Viagra for Medicare recipients to indoor rainforests in Iowa.

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Women's Lib Gives Way to Female Criminalsnew

The U.S. Justice Department recently gave us all cause to wince when it reported that the nation's female prison population grew over the last decade at almost double the men's rate. For the first time ever, the number of incarcerated women tops 100,000.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Bob Barr | 01-13-2005 | Commentary

Flanking Action: Arlen Specter Makes his Bargainnew

Arlen Specter is a moderate, pro-choice Republican with a not-undesirable history of coloring outside partisan lines. That recurrent independence upsets hardcore partisans and especially administration operatives for whom absolute fealty to the "official" agenda trumps everything.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Bob Barr | 12-09-2004 | Commentary

Former Analyst Recalls Prior Morale Problems at the CIAnew

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