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Geithner and Summers: Candidates for the McChrystal Treatment
It's not working. Time for the president to concede that the economy is at best stagnating and at worst about to take another steep nosedive. I don't know if …
BP Oil Spill: Relief Well Is Ahead of Schedule, Close to Target
Drilling for a relief well that could finally stop the BP oil spill is a few hundred feet from its target. But it will take until mid-August, officials say, …
Joe Conason | Show Us the Money
So often are the certitudes and pronouncements of the chattering class simply mistaken that they must always be treated with deep skepticism. That is especially true when anything important …
McChrystal Probe of Special Operations Forces Killings Excluded Key Eyewitnesses (2)
Washington - The follow-up investigation of a botched Special Operations Forces (SOF) raid in Gardez Feb. 12 that killed two government officials and three women, ordered by Gen. Stanley …
When Will America Be Free From BP? (2)
On July 4th, Americans are supposed to celebrate their independence. We may no longer have to worry about a greedy, distant monarch. But our country is still held in …
Mitigating Annihilation
From the air, the area north of Grand Isle, Louisiana, much of it around Barataria Bay, looks like scorched earth. This area has been and is heavily afflicted by …
The Charge of the Media Brigade
Washington - The TV anchorwoman was conducting a split screen interview with a journalist who had volunteered to be a witness at the execution of a man on death …
Europe Puts Limits on Banker Bonuses
The European Parliament passed a bill today that would cap and defer financial traders' and bankers' bonuses, giving Europe the toughest regimes in the world. The caps are a …
News in Brief: Gulf Awash in Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells, and More
The Gulf Coast is awash with both temporarily and permanently abandoned oil and gas wells that largely have been ignored by both government and industry, leading experts to fear …
Climate Change: Are People the Problem?
There is no doubt about it: people are changing the Earth's climate. The evidence for what scientists call “anthropogenic climate change” is overwhelming, notwithstanding the obfuscation efforts of the …