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War and the True Tragedy of the Commons
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Dave Clarke, Expert Infantry) The “Tragedy of the Commons,” Garrett Hardin's 1968 controversial essay published in Science, essentially targeted overpopulation (read: …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Florida Attorney General Fires State Prosecutors for Going After Big Banks’ Foreclosure Fraud, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news… You need to know this. Speaker of the House John Boehner had a few more cocktails than normal last night – …
How the DoD Allows Contractors to Grade Themselves and Write Their Own Contract Terms, Part II
(Image: JR / Truthout) In last week's Solutions column, Dina Rasor focused on the findings of a DoD Inspector General (IG) report that described Organizational Conflicts of …
Don’t Accuse Obama of “Caving“
In a campaign almost as frenzied as the effort to get Barack Obama into the White House, liberal groups are now mobilizing against the White House and reported deals …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: If Boehner’s Plan Passed, Standard and Poor’s Will Immediately Downgrade US Credit Rating, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
New York Times Reporting Misses the Mark on Iceland, Prints Neoliberal Line
Icelandic bank Glitnir was nationalized and rebranded as Islandsbanki before it was sold back to its former creditors. (Photos: kfcatles, Li'l Wolf) "Everyone is entitled to his …
The Payroll Tax Cut: A Stimulus That Progressives Should Oppose
(Photo: willc2; Edited: JR / Truthout) President Obama is proud of the fact that he was willing to bargain away the core of the country's social safety …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: With Doomsday Economic Scenario Approaching, Republicans Poised to Come Out on Top, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
Greece’s Crisis Long in the Making
Riot police push protesters back under a blanket of tear gas during protests in Athens, Greece, on June 15, 2011. (Photo: Eirini Vourloumis / The New York Times) …
Iranian Detention of US Activist, Journalist Nears Two-Year Mark
Sarah Shourd and Shane Bauer, two of three American hikers seized by Iranian authorities nearly two years ago. Shourd was released last September, but Bauer and fellow hiker Josh …