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For Iranians Waylaid by Pirates, US to the Rescue
Aboard the fishing vessel al Mulahi, in the Gulf of Oman - Senior Iranian military officials this week bluntly warned an American aircraft carrier that it would confront the …
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US Political News Is a Fool’s Game
“Game On” was Rick Santorum’s first comment after his “surge” was considered successful with a mere 30,000 votes in Ioway. He inadvertently gave the game away by calling it …
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Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs
Washington, DC - Benjamin Franklin did it. Henry Ford did it. And American life is built on the faith that others can do it, too: rise from humble origins …
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America’s Financial Leviathan
Berkeley, CA - In 1950, finance and insurance in the United States accounted for 2.8% of GDP, according to US Department of Commerce estimates. By 1960, that share had …
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GOP Candidate Contempt for Blacks Continues
Think: When black people (otherwise knows as 40 million Americans) have come up in GOP presidential candidate discussion during the march towards the Iowa Caucus in what context has …
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Keynes’ Predictions Proven Spectacularly Accurate
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times ) The economist Dean Baker is once again justifiably mad at Robert Samuelson at The Washington Post who, in …
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Fallujah Babies: Birth Defects Blamed on US Weapons
Fallujah, Iraq - While the US military has formally withdrawn from Iraq, doctors and residents of Fallujah are blaming weapons like depleted uranium and white phosphorous used during two …
Unemployment Falls to 8.5 Percent, but Job Growth Remains Weak
The unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent in December, the lowest level since the 8.3 percent rate reported for February of 2009, the month that Congress approved the stimulus …
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Matt Damon and Mother Reject Union’s Award Over Teach for America Controversy
The actor Matt Damon and his mother, a professor of education, on Wednesday turned down the opportunity for an award from the country’s largest teachers union after reading an …
Rebuilding the Pentagon Without Fixing Its Crumbling Foundation: Obama’s Plan for the US Military
(Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) Yesterday, President Obama made a rare trip to the Pentagon pressroom to announce the results of a new …