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Consequences of the Financial Crisis: The Responsibility of the State
The public discussion about the root causes and consequences of the financial crisis seems to be over before it really began. In Europe, the discourse focuses on the astonishing …
UN Troops in Haiti – Timetable for Withdrawal?
This week, there have been several days of protests in Haiti against the presence of United Nations troops in the country. The immediate catalyst has been the widespread belief …
Let’s Bury Hitler
In 1946, a year after the end of World War II, George Orwell had already buried Hitler, at least linguistically, in his famous essay "Politics and the English Language": …
Power and the Tiny Acts of Rebellion
There is no hope left for achieving significant reform or restoring our democracy through established mechanisms of power. The electoral process has been hijacked by corporations. The judiciary has …
News in Brief: Some States Consider Ending Medicaid for the Poor, and More
Some States Consider Ending Medicaid for the Poor
TSA Chief Admits He Withheld Information on Pat-Downs
Washington - Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole said on Monday that he disregarded internal advice to the contrary and decided not to tell the public in advance about …
Froma Harrop | EPA to California: Go for It
Has the recent Republican sweep of the House doomed President Obama's clean-energy agenda? Possibly. Has it doomed America's? Hardly. It's simply moved the center for enlightened environmental policy 2,840 …
Jim DeMint Still Battling to Keep Murkowski From Senate
Washington - For all his success in helping elect ultraconservatives to the Senate, Sen. Jim DeMint now must face the difficult consequences of one spectacular, all but certain failure. …
Alexander Cockburn | Time for a Real Mutiny
So much for 2010 as the year of mutiny, when the American people rose up and said, “Enough! Throw the bums out!” As the dust finally clears after the …
Joe Conason | On Earmarks
It isn't the earmarks, stupid. Bullying Republican Senate leaders into a “voluntary” ban on earmarks may represent a political triumph for the tea party movement, but as a measure …