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Stench [large print] : the making of the Thomas Court and the unmaking of America / by Brock, David,1962-author.(CARDINAL)375161;

Includes bibliographical references and index."A blistering expose of Clarence Thomas and the conservative regime of corruption that has usurped the Supreme Court--by a Democratic activist and former Republican political operative. Public confidence in the Supreme Court has plummeted to new lows in the last few years--and for good reason. In the past three decades, six conservative justices have gained a supermajority through questionable means: a dubious intervention in a presidential election, perjury during Senate testimony, and a GOP Senate Leader's unethical blockade of a Supreme Court nomination. Behind this strategic dismantling of our Supreme Court is a vast, well-funded political machine-backed by the extreme right-wing Federalist Society, the notoriously secretive Catholic organization Opus Dei, and GOP megadonors operating from behind closed doors. Armed with an insider's perspective from his time within the conservative movement, David Brock reveals how the efforts to stack the court in service of extreme right-wing interests stem from a decades-long strategy to weaponize our judicial system into an extension of the Republican party itself. Stench investigates the ethics scandals that surround Clarence Thomas and his wife, the rightwing activist Ginni Thomas, culling new material from Thomas' accusers, along with original reporting and Brock's first-hand knowledge of the inner workings of the GOP. Stench is a staggering expose, one that only Brock could write--exhaustive in its research and revelatory in its access to the world of what has effectively become the Thomas Court"--

Subjects: Large print books.; Informational works.; Large print books.; United States. Supreme Court.; Political questions and judicial power; Political corruption; Thomas, Clarence, 1948-; Judges; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Conservatives; Opus Dei (Society); Secret societies;

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Military draft / by Wagner, Viqi,1953-(CARDINAL)368887;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-231) and index.Should the United States reinstate the draft? The United States should reinstate the draft / Walter L. Stewart Jr. ; Reinstating the draft is not necessary / Bernard D. Rostker ; All-volunteer recruitment is not supplying enough troops / Phillip Carter and Paul Glastris ; All-volunteer recruitment can supply enough troops / Lawrence J. Korb ; A draft is cheaper than financing the all-volunteer military / Julian E. Barnes and Peter Spiegel ; A draft is more costly than financing the all-volunteer military / John C. Goodman ; The army's stop-loss policy is a "back-door" draft / Christopher Hayes ; The army's stop-loss policy is a legal extension of voluntary enlistment / Daniel C. Brown -- How would the draft affect U.S. society? A draft would unify U.S. society / Hodding Carter and Ronald Goldfarb ; A draft would divide U.S. society / David Greenberg ; A draft would improve declining troop quality / Michelle Cottle ; There is no evidence that troop quality has declined in the all-volunteer army / Tim Kane -- Who should be subject to a military draft? Women should be eligible for the draft / Philip Gold and Erin Solaro ; Women should not be eligible for the draft / R. Cort Kirkwood ; The military should accept open homosexuals / John M. Shalikashvili ; The military should not accept open homosexuals / J. Matt Barber ; Draftees should be selected by lottery / Alliance for Security ; Draftees could be selected for critical, specialized skills / Charles S. Abell et al. -- Should alternatives to the military draft be pursued? Universal national service should replace the selective service system / William A. Galston ; Universal national service is a bad idea / Bruce Chapman ; Revive the ROTC program to expand the all-volunteer armed forces / Stanley Kurtz ; Recruitment of foreigners would boost military ranks / Bryan Bender ; The U.S. military can hire private contractors / Michelle Gutiérrez ; The United States should not pursue military expansion / Gordon Adams.

Subjects: Draft; Military service, Voluntary;

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Forever prisoners : how the United States made the world's largest immigrant detention system / by Young, Elliott,1967-author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-247) and index."The United States locks up more than half a million non-citizens every year for immigration-related offenses; on any given day, more than 50,000 immigrants are held in detention in hundreds of ICE detention facilities spread across the country. This book provides an explanation of how, where, and why non-citizens were put behind bars in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the present. Through select granular experiences of detention over the course of more than 140 years, this book explains how America built the world's largest system for imprisoning immigrants. From the late nineteenth century, when the US government held hundreds of Chinese in federal prisons pending deportation, to the early twentieth century, when it caged hundreds of thousands of immigrants in insane asylums, to World War I and II, when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) declared tens of thousands of foreigners "enemy aliens" and locked them up in Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) camps in Texas and New Mexico, and through the 1980s detention of over 125,000 Cuban and almost 23,000 Haitian refugees, the incarceration of foreigners nationally has ebbed and flowed. In the last three decades, tough-on-crime laws intersected with harsh immigration policies to make millions of immigrants vulnerable to deportation based on criminal acts, even minor ones, that had been committed years or decades earlier. Although far more immigrants are being held in prison today than at any other time in US history, earlier moments of immigrant incarceration echo present-day patterns"--

Subjects: Immigrants; Alien detention centers; Detention of persons; Human rights;

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Thomas H. Begay and the Navajo Code Talkers / by Landry, Alysa,author.(CARDINAL)866300;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-122).In the Thick of the War -- The Navajo People -- The Strange Call to Duty -- The Original 29 -- An Unbreakable Code -- A Classified Mission -- Service in the Pacific Theater -- Victory at Iwo Jima -- Delayed Recognition -- International Heroes."Through Thomas H. Begay's singular story, this richly illustrated biography for young readers describes aspects of Navajo history and culture and shows how a select group of Navajo soldiers used their native Diné language to invent and operate a secret communications system that was crucial to a US victory in the Pacific during World War II."--Ages 8-13Grades 4-6

Subjects: Biographies.; Young adult literature.; Begay, Thomas H., 1926-; United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 5th; World War, 1939-1945; Navajo code talkers; World War, 1939-1945; Navajo Indians;

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Need to know [large print] : World War II and the rise of American intelligence / by Reynolds, Nicholas(Nicholas E.),author.(CARDINAL)212264;

Includes bibliographical references.Friends in Desperate Need -- The British Come Calling -- Gentleman Headhunters Make a Placement -- J. Edgar Hoover -- The Oil Slick Principle -- Spying or Riding to the Sound of the Guns? -- Army Cipher Brains -- More Wall Street Lawyers -- Navy Cipher Brains -- Reorganizing Naval Intelligence -- Army and Navy Codebreakers in Washington -- Jeeping into Action -- Traveling the World -- The OSS, the NKVD, and the FBI -- Breaking Codes, Forging Links -- Admiral Dönitz's Unintended Contribution to Allied Victory -- Intelligence and the Main Event -- A Dream Come True -- Allen Dulles's Nearly Private War -- When Doing "Swell Work" Wasn't Enough -- An End and a Beginning -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments --Abbreviations -- Principal Primary Sources -- Notes -- Select Bibliography of Books and Articles."The entire vast, modern American intelligence system--the amalgam of three-letter spy services of many stripes--can be traced back to the dire straits the world faced at the dawn of World War II. Prior to 1940, the United States had no organization to recruit spies and steal secrets or launch covert campaigns against enemies overseas and just a few codebreakers, isolated in windowless vaults. It was only through Winston Churchill's determination to mobilize the US in the fight against Hitler that the first American spy service was born, built from scratch against the background of the Second World War. In Need to Know, Nicholas Reynolds explores the birth, infancy, and adolescence of modern American intelligence. In this first-ever look across the entirety of the war effort, Reynolds combines little-known history and gripping spy stories to analyze the origins of American codebreakers and spies as well as their contributions to Allied victory, revealing how they laid the foundation for the Cold War--and beyond." --

Subjects: Large print books.; United States. Office of Strategic Services.; Military intelligence.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Espionage; Intelligence service;

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Hidden history : an exposé of modern crimes, conspiracies, and cover-ups in American politics / by Jeffries, Donald,1956-(CARDINAL)408774;

Examines what the author sees as "the amount of effort over the past fifty years that our government has dedicated to lying and covering up the truth to the world"--Includes bibliographical references and indexes.The mother of all conspiracies : the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy -- The sixties -- False opposition -- The real impact of the sixties -- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. -- The RFK assassination -- Chappaquiddick -- The seventies -- Watergate -- The shooting of George Wallace -- Congress finally looks at the CIA -- The House Select Committee on Assassinations -- Brewing right wing anger -- The Reagan years : trickle-down treachery -- Reagan assassination attempt -- Reagan's distorted record -- October surprise and Iran-Contra -- The Inslaw scandal -- Bo Gritz and the drug trade -- Reagan body count -- The death of R. Budd Dwyer -- Rex 84 -- The taxpayer rebellion -- Reagan the family man -- Bush the Elder -- Operation Watch Tower -- Operation Desert Storm -- The POW-MIA cover-up -- Bush body count -- Ross Perot's campaign -- The Clinton years : conspiracy central -- Ruby Ridge -- The Vince Foster case -- Waco -- The death of Ron Brown -- Janet Reno -- More Clinton body count -- The Oklahoma City bombing --TWA Flight 800 -- The Starbucks murder/Kenneth Starr -- The Clinton body count marches on -- The death of John F. Kennedy Jr. -- Dubya -- Votescam and voting fraud -- The Bush body count, part two -- The death of Lori Klausutis -- 9/11 -- More Dubya -- War against Al-Qaeda -- Dead and missing scientists -- The Paul Wellstone plane crash -- Invasion and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan -- Gary Webb -- More body count -- Obama the Great -- Obama body count -- The killing of bin Laden -- Tax scams, NDAA, and other assorted niceties -- More Obama body count -- Media and celebrity fawning -- The Franklin cover-up/child sex scandals -- Death of William Colby -- Satanist/military connections -- McMartin Preschool scandal -- The Finders, Child Protective Services, and more -- World government/the new world order -- The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) -- The Bilderbergers -- Bohemian Grove -- The Federal Reserve and fractional banking -- The big charity boondoggle -- Our injustice system -- Where do we stand now?

Subjects: Official secrets; Political crimes and offenses; Conspiracies;

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Framing surface transportation research for the nation's future / by National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board.Committee on National Research Frameworks, Application to Transportation,issuing body.(CARDINAL)317071;

Includes bibliographical references.Executive summary -- 1. Introduction -- Role of research -- Making wise research investments -- Charge to the committee -- Committee's approach -- Organization of the report -- 2. Building blocks of national research frameworks -- Framework functions -- Framework attributes -- 3. Current state of U.S. surface transportation research -- U.S. surface transportation research enterprise -- Selected research programs -- Strengths and weaknesses of current research framework -- Opportunities for improvement -- 4. Transportation research frameworks in other countries -- Committee's strategy for gathering information -- Transportation research organizations -- Approaches to research functions -- Lessons learned -- Highlights -- 5. Research frameworks in domestic nontransportation sectors -- Committee's strategy for gathering information -- Research organizations -- Approaches to research functions -- Lessons learned -- 6. Recommendations -- Value of a national research framework -- Build and implement a new national research framework -- Build a more productive federal research enterprise -- Raise awareness of surface transportation research -- Concluding observations."TRB Special Report 313: Framing Surface Transportation Research for the Nation's Future explores opportunities for improving the productivity of U.S. expenditures on surface transportation research by building on lessons learned from the strategic approach to developing priorities and investing in transportation research in other countries and nontransportation sectors in the United States. Despite major progress in U.S. transportation systems and services, particularly since the 1950s and 1960s, further improvements are needed if the nation is to continue competing effectively in the global marketplace and enhancing its inhabitants' quality of life. Research is expected to play a major role in addressing the challenges facing U.S. surface transportation. According to the committee that produced the report, the timely development of a new national research framework that engages the public, private, academic, and nonprofit sectors and draws on the nation's research capacity in academia, industry, and elsewhere is needed"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation; Transportation; Research;

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Health care costs : there are solutions / by Latham, W. Bryan,1938-(CARDINAL)173666;

Introduction -- The Roots of the Medical Cost Problem -- Finding the Right Company Strategy -- The Medical Information Service: How the Idea Developed -- How to Build a Medical Information Service -- Epilogue.This is a book for managers who are determined about reducing medical care costs. I've seen many executives become interested in the cost problem, take the time to learn about why the problem exists, then suddenly become incensed that the system has deteriorated to the conditions at hand. They spend a great deal of time-and much rhetoric-blaming others: physicians and the hospital community in general, employees, their insurance carriers, and so on. This does very little good. An insurance carrier can't solve your cost problems. Nor will doctors and hospital administrators come flocking to your door, apologize for charging you too much, and offer to repent. If medical costs are to be reduced in your company, it's up to your company to take responsibility for marshaling the forces needed to bring about this change. This work establishes four factors for determining the cost of medical care for companies: Administrative fees, Utilization of medical services, Fees for services, and Employee selection of provider.

Subjects: Medical care; Medical care, Cost of; Occupational health services.; Medical care.;

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Censorship and selection : issues and answers for schools / by Reichman, Henry,1947-(CARDINAL)183968; American Library Association.(CARDINAL)142523;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-211) and index.

Subjects: School libraries; School libraries; School libraries; Education; Student publications; Children's literature; Educational law and legislation;

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Navy medicine in Vietnam : Passage to Freedom to the fall of Saigon / by Herman, Jan K.(CARDINAL)281976;

Includes bibliographical references (page 50).Station Hospital Saigon -- Hearts and minds -- The medical battalions -- Naval Support Activity Hospital, Danang -- Mercy ships -- "When you lose your corpsman" -- Medevac -- Epilogue -- Sidebars. Eyewitness to a coup ; "Torpedo in the water!" ; Resuscitation of the nearly dead ; Dr. Dinsmore's souvenir ; Frozen blood on trial ; A Navy nurse's recollections ; Field Medical Service School ; Medal of Honor ; Prisoners of war.Navy Medicine in Vietnam begins and ends with a humanitarian operation-the first, in 1954, after the French were defeated, when refugees fled to South Vietnam to escape from the communist regime in the North; and the second, in 1975, after the fall of Saigon and the final stage of America's exit that entailed a massive helicopter evacuation of American staff and selected Vietnamese and their families from South Vietnam. In both cases the Navy provided medical support to avert the spread of disease and tend to basic medical needs. Between those dates, 1954 and 1975, Navy medical personnel responded to the buildup and intensifying combat operations by taking a multipronged approach in treating casualties. Helicopter medical evacuations, triaging, and a system of moving casualties from short-term to long-term care meant higher rates of survival and targeted care. Poignant recollections of the medical personnel serving in Vietnam, recorded by author Jan Herman, historian of the Navy Medical Department, are a reminder of the great sacrifices these men and women made for their country and their patients. -- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Personal narratives.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Medicine, Naval; Medicine, Naval; United States. Navy; United States. Navy; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Operation Passage to Freedom, 1954-1955.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Navy; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;

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