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In that spirit, allow me to offer up my own devilu2019s dictionary of contempou00adrary American political terms.

Political-economic systems come and go over time, and the current American system is probably not the be-all and end-all of world development.

Obama is at heart a calculating pragmatist, especially when it comes to advancing his own ambitions. Many of his broken promises are due to his distaste for defeat.

The American Revolution itself stands as a reminder of how the then most powerful empire in the world could be challenged.

The late revered farmer Masanobu Fukuoka explains how traditional farming practices can revive our planet's depleted soils.

No task is more urgent for racial justice advocates today than ensuring that Americau2019s current racial caste system is its last.

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Howard Zinn: As the economic situation of the universities becomes more precarious and faculties shrink, it becomes easier to get rid of undesirables, whether political dissidents or just troublesome …