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Iran Protests: Is Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Winning?
With Iran protests largely shut down, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has declared “victory.” But as Iranians evaluate the past year during Norouz celebrations this weekend, he knows he's lost …
Five Yards and a Cloud of Dust
Last week, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) made it clear to any and all that he was going to vote “No” on the health care reform package currently being considered …
SEC Admits Flawed Oversight of Lehman Brothers
In the wake of a 2,200-page report on how “misleading” accounting techniques led to Lehman Brothers' collapse, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Mary Schapiro would not comment on …
E.J. Dionne | Why Democrats Are Fighting for a Republican Health Plan
Washington - Here is the ultimate paradox of the Great Health Care Showdown: Congress will divide along partisan lines to pass a Republican version of health care reform, and …
The Growing Movement for Publicly Owned Banks
As the states' budget and credit crises deepen, four states have initiated bills for state-owned banks, and candidates in seven states have included that solution in their platforms. …
Froma Harrop | Will Snowe Fall in Maine?
Go visit potato country at the tippy-top of Maine. There, struggling farmers can look across the St. John River at equally hard-pressed potato growers in New Brunswick, Canada. The …
Joe Conason | Right Wing Gone Wild
Demagogues often prosper under the rules of democracy, intimidating the moderate and preying on the weak-minded. But in a healthy society, such figures cannot cross a final threshold of …
David Sirota | What’s the Matter with Democrats?
Ever since Thomas Frank published his book “What's the Matter With Kansas?” Democrats have sought a political strategy to match the GOP's. The health care bill proves they've found …
Eugene Robinson |“Kumbaya” No More
Washington - If health care reform finally staggers across the finish line, it will be because President Obama and congressional Democrats recognized — at long last — the truth …
Antiwar Protesters: “Bombs Don’t Bring Democracy“
Two days before the seventh anniversary of the occupation of Iraq, more than a thousand antiwar protesters marched Thursday in downtown Chicago to chants of "Obama, don't lie to …