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Can Solyndra’s Breakthrough Solar Technology Outlive the Company’s Demise?
The politically charged investigation into Solyndra's collapse has overshadowed the fact that the fate of a groundbreaking technology hangs in the balance. The politically charged investigation into …
Iraq: We Lost $1.2 Billion in Equipment Going in; How Much Will We Lose Getting Out?
(Image: JR / Truthout) On December 31, 2011, the United States has committed to the government of Iraq that they will be removing their troops and contractor …
Thirty Days in Kabul, or Afghanistan Seen Through a Keyhole
Afghan police officers, September 14, 2011. (Photo: Kuni Takahashi / The New York Times) As I finalize this article, The Associated Press (9/14) reports that the US …
Happy Constitution Day
(Actually, it was on Saturday.) I just read Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan (W.W. Norton, 2009), by Kim Phillips-Fein. It’s …
The Keystone Pipeline: Too Dirty for George W. Bush?
The Keystone XL pipeline, recently approved by the US State Department and awaiting President Obama’s declaration that it is in the “national interest,” will carry oil that is too …
Why Hunger Is Still With Us (2)
Workers at a cassava root plant for starch manufacturing in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, April 1, 2011. The push to make biofuels, especially in China, from such crops as …
Obama’s Arc of Instability, Destabilizing the World One Region at a Time
It’s a story that should take your breath away: the destabilization of what, in the Bush years, used to be called “the arc of instability.” It involves at …
Taxing the Rich, the Obama Way
Warren Buffett is a tough negotiator, which is one reason why he’s the second-wealthiest person in America. So when the President refers to his new initiative to …
Five Biggest Right-Wing Lies About Solyndra
Solar panels line a rooftop at Solyndra's solar panel factory in Fremont, California, October 6, 2010. As California companies finally begin mass production of a new type of solar …
Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme? Is The Washington Post a Criminal Enterprise?
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas speaking at the Conservative Political Action Committee 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Ever since Texas Gov. Rick Perry attacked Social …