Thomas

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A new daddy, organizer, photographer, freelance leftist.

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Posts by Thomas:

• Lead from China is the least of our worries
  04 Dec 2007
  

  As I listened to an NPR presidential debate today, Democratic candidates fell over themselves blaming China for just about everything wrong with the US. In particular, their constant references to the “Chinese poisoning our kids” rang hypocritical, especially when compared with the continued obstruction of chemical safety regulation by our government and corporations.

• Locking up immigrant kids
  29 Nov 2007
  

  One aspect of the immigration debate that is deserving of more attention is incarceration of immigrant children. Many kids, often swept up in immigration raids or seeking political asylum in the United States, are thrown into jails, often alone.