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False Profits: Recovering From the Bubble Economy By Dean Baker PoliPoint Press, 2010 He who feels punctured must once have been a bubble. - Lao Tzu, Tao Te …
“First Dude” Todd Palin Heavily Involved in Governing Alaska
More than an “unpaid advisor” to former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, “First Dude” Todd Palin seemed to have his hands on the machinery of government and politics. Then there …
The US Military: A Mindset of Barbarism, Part 2
Yesterday, Truthout ran the first part of an interview with Dr. Stjepan Mestrovic, a Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University who has written three books on US misconduct …
Health Care Spending Skyrockets and Shows No Signs of Tapering
In 2009, health care spending grew by 5.7 percent, now reaching $2.5 trillion. It is the largest increase since the federal government began tracking these figures in 1960, according …
Same Work, More Play: Cash-Strapped States May Shorten Employee Workweeks
After weathering a year of economic catastrophe, we could all use a day off ... permanently.
House Likely to End Health Insurers’ Antitrust Exemption
Washington - The House of Representatives plans next week to vote on — and probably approve — a measure to strip health insurers' antitrust protections, which will be Congress' …
Costa Rica: A Woman in Charge?
San Jose, Costa Rica - Laura Chinchilla’s four-year To Do list: Reduce extreme poverty. End the energy monopoly. Tax the casinos to help fund the fight against crime. Chinchilla …
Report: “No Strategic Value” to Afghan Outpost Where Eight Died
Washington - A U.S. military investigation into a battle last October in eastern Afghanistan that cost eight American soldiers their lives has concluded that the small outpost was worthless, …
Clinic Owners Face Down Danger to Make Reproductive Freedom A Reality
Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures in the country; ironically, those professionals and staff who make sure that abortion is safe may find their own safety compromised. …
Medical Flights From Haiti Slow for Sick Kids
Bureaucratic paperwork is delaying medical flights from Haiti to the United States and is endangering children wounded in the earthquake, doctors say. Port-au-Prince - One child died and the …