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George Bush Cuts and Runs From Torture Case in Switzerland
Apparently, former president George W. Bush does “cut and run.” On February 7, 2011, two torture victims were to have filed criminal complaints for torture against Bush in …
News in Brief: US-Pakistan Aid Program Failing, and More
US-Pakistan Aid Program Failing
Rule of Law, Iraqi Style
Egypt’s pro-democracy uprising has pushed almost all other news – with the possible exception of the Superbowl — off front pages and TV screens. But while that dramatic collision …
Yes, There Are Ways to Reduce Unemployment and Revive the Economy
As President Obama begins the second half of his term with a campaign for “jobs and competitiveness,” we would do well to consider how he might achieve these worthy …
Remembering the Real Reagan (Video)
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Olbermann Said to Be Going to Current TV
11:02 a.m. | Updated - Keith Olbermann, the former MSNBC anchor, will host a prime time program for Current TV, the low-rated cable channel co-founded by Al Gore. The …
House Democrats Fight GOP’s “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act“
House Judiciary Democrats held a meeting Tuesday to fight the Republican-backed “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” a bill that seeks to ban federal coverage of abortion in certain …
Egypt Details Reforms as Protest Takes on New Life
Cairo - As the authorities and protesters struggle to grasp the see-sawing initiative in Egypt’s 15-day-old revolt, the government of Hosni Mubarak unveiled new pledges of reform on Tuesday, …
David Swanson | War Is Racism by Other Means
What makes the most fantastic and undocumented war-launching and war-prolonging lies credible are differences and prejudices, against others and in favor of our own. Without religious bigotry, racism, and …
Memo to Obama: Anything but Democracy Now for Egypt is Building on Sand
Add Barack Obama to the long list of statesmen who couldn’t solve the Riddle of the Sphinx. For a while last week it looked like a miracle was happening: …