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What America Has Given Up for Ten Years of Bush Tax Cuts
The cost of Bush's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts was, as estimated to be roughly $2.5 trillion through 2010.
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Toward Climate Justice: Perspectives on the Climate Crisis and Social Change by Brian Tokar, Communalism Press (2010)
Humankind stands at the cusp of its gravest challenge, and the prospective survival of the species itself hangs in the balance. While there is a clear attempt on the …
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Occupying Iraq, State Department-Style
Way out on the edge of Forward Operating Base Hammer, where I lived for much of my year in Iraq as a Provincial Reconstruction Team leader for the U.S. …
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International Law and the Problem of Enforcement – an Analysis
Part I – Anthropomorphizing the Nation State
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Palin: Mad, Bad and Dangerous
Washington - Sarah Palin is a fraud with charisma — and enough political support to effectively hold the Republican Party hostage. She is ridiculous and dangerous in equal measure. …
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The Water Is Wide: Building a Revolution
I've been writing about political depression on the Left for years now, especially during the horrific CheneyBush decade but also in the distressing Obama years. I can't tell you …
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“I Want to Be a Farmer”: Food Justice, Out of the Mouths of Babes
My oldest son recently “graduated” from preschool. In the endearing ceremony, each of the children was asked what they want to be when they grow up. His precocious, divergent, …
Why March-April’s Job Gains Will Collapse This Summer
The jobs crisis is far from over.
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US Braces for Long Withdrawal Along Iraqi Road
Baghdad - Even as the American military winds down its eight-year war in Iraq, commanders are bracing for what they fear could be the most dangerous remaining mission: getting …
Beware Charlatans, Cranks and Contemptible Politicians
The hermetic nature of conservatism always made it vulnerable to this kind of spin into policy craziness.