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Vampire Squid Watch: Four Scary Economic Trends for 2012
Having been seen to twitch – ever so slightly – in the 2011 tidal wave of global protests, the vampire squid is stirring in its evil lair. Reports of …
The First Signs of an Indian Spring
A Kashmiri youth ties a scarf around his neck as he prepares to take part in a demonstration in Srinagar, India, on August 9, 2010. India has maintained hundreds …
After Iraq, US Abandons Engagement for War on Tyrants
The Iraq War may well never be over since its objective of regime change continues to dictate U.S. foreign policy and spawn endless conflicts. Nine years after the second …
Debacle! How Two Wars in the Greater Middle East Revealed the Weakness of the Global Superpower
It was to be the war that would establish empire as an American fact. It would result in a thousand-year Pax Americana. It was to be “mission …
ALEC – America’s Secret Political Power
A participant in a protest against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) holds a sign in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 29, 2011. (Photo: Mentatmark) Scottsdale, AZ - …
Keystone Jobs Versus Competitive-Dollar Jobs
The new great hope for job creation in Washington is the Keystone pipeline, a plan to create a pipeline that would transport oil from Alberta, Canada, as far as …
Updating October’s Long-Term Debt Projections
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Tending the Fire of Peace Through an Afghan Winter
Arab Spring, European Summer, American Autumn and now the challenge of winter. Here in Kabul, Afghanistan, the travelers of our small Voices for Creative Nonviolence delegation share an apartment …
If Ron Paul Wins Iowa, Antiwar Democrats and Independents Likely to Provide Margin of Victory
Ron Paul, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, at a campaign event in Newton, Iowa, on December 28, 2011. (Photo: Eric Thayer / The New York Times) …
Newt Gingrich Committed Voter Fraud, According to GOP and Fox News ACORN Standards
If the same standards are applied to Newt Gingrich as have, for years, been applied to the now-defunct ACORN organization by both Republicans and their media arm, Fox “News”, …