Oregon’s Measure 50

<p>One of our correspondents in Oregon writes an editorial to his local newspaper in response to Oregon’s Measure 50, on the November 6th ballot, which will raise cigarette taxes and will also become part&nbsp; of the Oregon Constitution.</p>

Rewarding exploiters and blackmailers

<p>If you enter the search string &ldquo;women paid less than men&rdquo; in any search engine, you will be inundated by thousands of pages loaded with outrage about women still be paid less than men in many countries. They words &lsquo;unfair&rsquo;, &lsquo;discrimination&rsquo; and &lsquo;injustice&rsquo; are fired out like bullets from machine guns.</p>

Class Action Racketeers II: Campaign Dollars Flow

<p>The downfall of the law firm of Milberg Weiss is consequential not only to the anti-tobacco special interests who applauded its litigating prowess back in the day when it took down Big Tobacco but also for those eager presidential candidates whose campaigns are fueled with anti-tobacco money.</p>

Real reason for school test failures discovered

<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 8pt">There are times when you think that you have seen it all, and that there is nothing that will surprise you anymore. But you are wrong &ndash; all the time, especially when it comes to the fantasy of the antismoking junk scientists.</span></p>