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A lone dissenter disrupted an immigration reform rally that drew more than 300 people to the University of Oregon campus at noon on Thursday. UO history student Timothy Lowrey stood on a low pillar outside the Erb Memorial Union yelling "Get in line!" and "It's illegal because it's a crime," as students who had marched along 13th Avenue poured into the amphitheater. Many carried signs with slogans such as: "No human being is illegal" and "All workers contribute to this society." While student organizers tried to describe their opposition to a get-tough House of Representatives bill passed in December, Lowrey...

France Surrenders By Rich Smith (TMFDitty) Mon Apr 10, 4:15 PM ET And so it ends, as it always seems to do, with France surrendering. As you've probably heard, weeks ago, France introduced a new law aimed at either (depending on your point of view): victimizing young workers and leaving them open to arbitrary and capricious firings by malicious employers; or reassuring employers that they can hire inexperienced workers, secure in the knowledge that if for some reason "it doesn't work out," they will have up to two years in which to change their minds. The law sparked demonstrations in...