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E.J. Dionne Jr. | Political Math and Political Passion
Washington - If the midterm elections were held now, Republicans would likely take control of the House of the Representatives. It's as hard these days to find a Democrat …
Camillo Mac Bica | We Who Advocate Peace
They wage preemptive war, occupy and bomb sovereign nations, utilize video-game technology and robotics to murder and then dehumanize hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children as …
Report: Wealthy Reap Rewards While Those Who Work Lose
Boston - Times are tough for workers in the U.S. where a recession has a stranglehold on much of the economy, but life is perfectly rosy for those at …
Slow Progress in Prosecuting Accused Guatemalan War Criminals
Guatemala City, Guatemala - Guatemalan human rights activists and victims of a notorious 1982 massacre are looking to U.S. courts to prosecute some of the alleged perpetrators. Former Guatemalan …
Locally Owned Wind Power: Turbines Give Farms a Second Wind
The financial crisis is a blessing in disguise for community wind power, an underserved sector of the burgeoning U.S. wind industry. And turbines are giving old farms a second …
BP: Beginning Sunday, New System Will Suck Up More Oil From Gushing Well
For a live feed from the gushing well, scroll down to the bottom of this article or click here. When BP removed its leaking containment cap Saturday, more …
Stirrings of a New Push for Military Option on Iran
Washington - “From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August,” explained then-White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card back in September 2002, in answer …
Retire at Age 70? Young People May Have to Under Proposed Plans
Washington - Young Americans might not get full Social Security retirement benefits until they reach age 70 if some trial balloons that prominent lawmakers of both parties are floating …
James Kwak | Why Agencies Get Things Terribly Wrong
There has been a lot of criticism of regulatory agencies in the past couple of years, from the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Securities and Exchange Commission (Madoff …
Obama’s Bungled Military Strategies, Part III
President Barack Obama inherited a difficult national security situation — wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; an exaggerated and counterproductive war on terror; debilitating deficits and rising debt; an obstructionist …