David E. Bernstein

Birth defects; Cancer and pollution; Asbestos hazards; Polychlorinated biphenyls health effects; Trichloroethylene toxicolgy and epidemiology; Dioxin; Nuclear fallout; Chemical pollutants, etc.

"In Only One Place of Redress David E. Bernstein offers a bold reinterpretation of American legal history: he argues that American labor and occupational laws, enacted by state and federal governments after the Civil War and into the twentieth century, benefited dominant groups in society to the detriment of those who lacked political power. Both intentionally and incidentally, claims Bernstein, these laws restricted in particular the job mobility and economic opportunity of blacks."--BOOK JACKET.

Jack's Stories Prequel The Arizona Territory was a dangerous place, but gunslinger Jake Redman was half-Apache and all man--more than a match for the wilderness. Sarah Conway was something else again. She was every inch an Eastern lady, yet she was determined to make Lone Bluff her home. Jake was annoyed to find himself playing guardian angel to this tantalizing innocent--even more disgusted to find he liked it. Little did he suspect that beneath Sarah's ladylike demeanor beat the heart of a frontier woman ant that her body yearned for his hard embrace, her heart for his words of love .. . .

"Intolerant activists are determined to impose their moralistic views on all Americans, regardless of the consequences for civil liberties. These well-organized zealots are a dominant force in one of American's major political practices. They have already achieved many legislative victories, especially at the local level, where they often wield disproportionate power. Courts frequently acquiesce to their agenda, even when it clashes directly with constitutional provisions that protect civil liberties. Until the power of these militants is checked, the First Amendment's protection of freedom of speech and freedom of religion will be under constant siege." "To many civil libertarians, the above paragraph reads like a thumbnail description of the Christian right. But in this revealing book, David Bernstein points out that it also describes left-wing egalitarian activists, many of whom are associated with the civil rights establishment. Their goal of elevating antidiscrimination concerns above all others poses an especially acute threat to civil liberties. The First Amendment, explicitly prohibits the government from interfering with freedom of expression, which includes free exercise of religion freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. Antidiscrimination laws put all of those freedoms at risk."--BOOK JACKET.