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Beth Wellington is a Roanoke, Virginia based poet and journalist. She is a contributing editor to the New River Free Press, a book reviewer for the Roanoke Times and a member of the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative (SAWC) and the Appalachian Studies Association. From 1980 to 1997, she was the founding Executive Director of New River Community Sentencing, Inc. in Christiansburg, Virginia and its predecessor, New River Community Action's Community Sentencing Program. She contributes to both SourceWatch.org and Wikipedia.org. Beth's blog on culture and politics is The Writing Corner.

Articles

• Commentary: New FBI Anti-Terror Guidelines — September 15, 2008
• Commentary: Immunity for Telecom Eavesdropping — July 30, 2008
• Commentary: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 — May 28, 2008
• Commentary: Waterboarding, Congress and the President — April 4, 2008
• Commentary: The Theory of the Unitary Executive and the FY2009 Budget — February 27, 2008
• Commentary: The Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act — January 22, 2008
• Analysis of the Energy Bill, the EPA's Refusal to Grant Waivers and State Laws With Respect to Climate Change — December 23, 2007
• Commentary: The Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007 — November 24, 2007
• Commentary: Congress Looks Again at FISA — October 30, 2007
• Commentary on the State Children's Health Insurance Program — September 28, 2007
• Commentary: The Protect America Act and Legislation Related to the Domestic Surveillance Program — August 27, 2007
• Commentary: The Showdown on Coal-to-Liquid Technology — July 27, 2007
• Commentary on the Clean Water Protection Act — June 25, 2007
• Commentary on Gun Laws in the Wake of the Virginia Tech Shootings — May 29, 2007
• Commentary on Presidential Recess Appointments — April 24, 2007
• Commentary: Labor Protections and the Role of Card-Check Agreements — March 18, 2007
• Commentary: The Real Costs of America's Nuclear Power Program and the Impact on Global Climate Change — February 12, 2007
• Commentary: The Iraq Troop Surge — January 15, 2007
• Commentary: The Military Commissions Act and Habeas Corpus — December 17, 2006
• Extras - Commentary: Mountaintop Removal Sites - "Strip Mining on Steroids" — November 22, 2006
• Commentary: Biodefense and the Freedom of Information Act — November 22, 2006
• Extras - Commentary: Previously Unreleased FCC Reports on TV Localism Raise Questions About Media Diversity — November 17, 2006
• Extras - Commentary on the Legislative Process — November 3, 2006
• Extras - Commentary: Voters Rights Act — November 3, 2006
• Who Really Benefits From The Elimination of the Death Tax — October 31, 2006
• Commentary: Is Nuclear Energy Clean and Safe? — June 6, 2006
• Short Takes: Book Review - Absolute Convictions: My Father, a City, and the Conflict That Divided America — June 6, 2006
• A Commentary on the National Forest Land Conveyance for Rural Communities Act — June 6, 2006
• Campaign Finance and the Internet: A Commentary on the Online Freedom of Speech Act — March 15, 2006