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Robert Reich | A Thought on Evan Bayh and Partisan America
Not long ago I was debating someone on television. I thought the discussion was going well until the commercial break when a producer said into my earpiece “be angrier.” …
Speculators Playing With Debt
How speculators make their profits and accumulate fortunes on the backs of the Greek people.
US Brags Haiti Response Is a “Model” While More Than a Million Remain Homeless in Haiti
Despite the fact that over a million people remained homeless in Haiti one month after the earthquake, the US Ambassador to Haiti, Ken Merten, is quoted at a State …
Forest Biomass: Forest Use or Forest Abuse?
The Taking Tree Chances are you've read Shel Silverstein's “The Giving Tree,” the classic children's story about a boy who keeps taking from a tree - apples for eating, …
Dollars for Death, Pennies for Life
When the US military began a major offensive in southern Afghanistan over the weekend, the killing of children and other civilians was predictable. Lofty rhetoric aside, such deaths come …
Eugene Robinson | Cheney’s Dose of Reality
Washington - Do you believe in miracles? I do, and here's the proof: Dick Cheney said something reasonable. I heard it with my own ears. In the latest of …
The Folks Who Missed the Bubble Want Your Social Security
If you fail disastrously at most jobs, you get sent packing. But, there are different rules for Washington policy wonks. The same crew who could not see the $8 …
Afghanistan’s No. 2 Taliban Leader Captured in Pakistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - The Taliban's second in command has been captured in neighboring Pakistan, Taliban, Pakistani and U.S. sources said Tuesday, dealing a serious blow to the insurgency and …
Democracy and the Threat of Authoritarianism: Politics Beyond Barack Obama
"Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it and by the same token save it from ruin which, …
Indigenous Groups, Anti-Poverty Activists and Civil Liberties Advocates Protest 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver
AMY GOODMAN: The 2010 Winter Olympic Games are underway in Vancouver, Canada. The $40 million opening ceremony was held Friday night, kicking off an event that’s covered the host …