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Major Fallout Predicted Over Obama’s Nuclear Power Proposal
While President Obama has announced an offer of $8.3 billion in loan guarantees for two new nuclear reactors, worries about potential cost overruns, health risks and safety concerns lead …
Afghan Push – Hype or History in the Making?
Few signs on the ground of the “spectacular advances” claimed by the combined U.S. and Afghan forces. Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan - Six days into the battle for Marjah, the …
The Senate’s Reconcilable Differences
The United States is in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Millions of Americans continue to lose their jobs, homes, life savings and ability to …
New Grist for Hype on Iran
Here we go again. A report issued Thursday by the new Director General of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano, has injected new adrenalin …
Enact Health Care With 51 Senate Votes
This week the President is hosting a bipartisan gab-fest at the White House to try to tease out some Republican votes for health care. It's a total waste of …
Nanotechnologies: Are We All Nanogrub Guinea Pigs?
After GMO, nanotechnologies come uninvited onto our plates: nanofoods, treated with nanopesticides and contained in nanopackaging, are on the rise. At stake: colossal financial profits for manufacturers and environmental …
Explain Something to Me: Fixing What’s Wrong in Washington … in Afghanistan
Explain something to me. In recent months, unless you were insensate, you couldn't help running across someone talking, writing, speaking, or pontificating about how busted government is in the …
A Snitch in Your Pocket
Law enforcement is tracking Americans' cell phones in real time — without the benefit of a warrant.
Probes Overlook McChrystal’s Role in Costly Afghan Battles
Washington - Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, kept a remote U.S. base in the country manned last year at the local governor's request …
Froma Harrop | Republican Talk of the “Sensible Middle” Makes No Sense
We keep hearing that “Obama should move to the center.” A variation on this theme is that the president should find the “sensible middle” on policy. But what the …