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David Brooks Jumps the Shark
David Brooks jumped the shark in his March 18 New York Times column, when he attacked the only budget proposed in Congress this year that would rapidly improve the …
Men Who Kick Down Doors: Tyrants at Home and Abroad
While we focus on the war being fought overseas, there is an equally brutal battle being fought behind the closed doors of American homes.
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Rosa Parks Syndrome in Palestine
Liberals who generally support Israel, have seized on bus segregation because it packages occupation in digestible terms.
Is Cyprus in Our Future?: The Plague of Wall Street Banking
“Europe is showing us what happens when government fails to confront the big banks u2013 the people pay and the economy collapses into depression,” writes Zeese and Flowers.
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Privatization Limits Access to Public Information
As private companies buy up projects in the public sector, transparency becomes a thing of the past.
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The Final Lie of the Iraq War
More people believe that invading Iraq was right today than in 2003. What do these numbers say about the integrity of the American people.
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Maliki’s Iraq: Rape, Executions and Torture
Iraq is wracked by torture and executions, and fingers are pointing at Prime Minister Maliki.
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The Wealth of Business Connections for Obama’s Energy Pick
Criticism of Ernest Moniz has focused on his support for nuclear power and for natural gas extracted through fracking.
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Haiti’s Duvalier Needs Company in the Dock
The enablers of human-rights-violating regimes are free to walk the streets of New York and Washington.
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Iraq, Sandy Hook and America
William Rivers Pitt: Cowardice allowed the Iraq war to happen and the assault weapons ban to fail.