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How the GOP of today cries out for the spirit of Ronald Reagan. He got right so many...

Not paying taxes for unjust wars has a long history in this country.

My confessions of a failed tax resister.

We are all deeply implicated in this country’s military death machine, whether we pay income taxes or not.

The Control Yuan yesterday asked the Judicial Yuan’s Disciplinary Court to retry former Academia Sinica president Wong Chi-huey’s (翁啟惠) case after the court reprimanded Wong for not fully disclosing his assets and failing to recuse himself in a matter that could have led to a conflict of interest. Wong, accused of having made illicit gains by purchasing OBI Pharma stock, was acquitted by the Shilin District Court in December 2018. However, he was impeached by the Disciplinary Court in...

Legislative drafting seems to be behind developments these days. Whether we're talking about the Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Act (NETS) or the bill to ban hostile symbols, necessary decisions are made based on existing legislation, with the latter amended after the fact, Külli Taro finds in Vikerraadio's daily comment.

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An effort to get guns out of the hands of abusive boyfriends failed again in Congress. We discuss the story behind the two-decades old fight to close the so-called “boyfriend loophole."

Health minister Tanel Kiik (Center) says he hopes a bill which would give the Riigikogu a greater role in imposing restrictions during a pandemic situation will pass at the very same Riigikogu, by the autumn at the latest.

Imposing embargoes on trade with Russia and punishing those who ignore them by cutting off their international banking facilities will only force uninvolved nations into rival militarised camps.