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How Big Is the Long-Term Debt Problem?
(Photo: mikedemers) Articles about the deficits and the national debt generally talk about unsustainable long-term deficits that will drive the national debt up to a level where …
There Are Many More Koch Brother Secret Sins
The Bloomberg news investigation into Charles and David Koch has uncovered unlawful and unpatriotic environmental crimes, political donations and business decisions benefitting Iran. There are so many secret sins …
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Tax Rich More, Patriotic Millionaires Urge
Los Altos resident Doug Edwards asked President Obama something that many Americans would consider unthinkable: “Would you please raise my taxes?” Edwards, 53, can afford it. Retired …
The Pro-Hunger Lobby – GOP Frontrunners Fight Aid for Starving Americans
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, left, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speak during a commercial break in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, on September 22, 2011. (Photo: Chip …
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Turning Racism Into Education
(Photo: banspy) It's been over a year since the introduction of Senate Bill 1070, or SB1070, into the Arizona Legislature, and the law is still very much …
Anatomy of a $30 Billion Medicare Crime
(Photo: Vermin Inc) Like all great capers, this $30 billion Medicare crime unfolded in plain sight. A drug rep sat in the doctor's office, balancing folders on …
Losing Our Civic Religion: A Conversation With David Shipler (2)
This April, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Shipler, a former foreign correspondent for The New York Times in Israel and the Soviet Union, released “The Rights of the People.” The …
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The American Jobs Depression, and How to Get Out of It
The Reverend Al Sharpton and various labor unions have announced a March for Jobs. But I’m afraid we’ll need more than marches to get jobs back. Since …
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New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin Sneers at Wall Street Protesters, Estimates Only 80 There
The Occupy Wall Street protests have grown every day since they began two weeks ago. In the past 24 hours, they have expanded to Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and …
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Why Are the Governors of America Saying Such Dumb Things?
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue at a highway dedication, September 26, 2011. Perdue set off a firestorm of criticism with comments to a Rotary Club meeting suggesting "...we ought …