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The Conservative Psyche: How Ordinary People Come to Embrace Paul Ryan’s Cruelty
Scientific research into the way we think explains the reasons decent people wind up supporting horrific policies.
Occupy Wall Street, Flash Movements and American Politics
If Occupy was mainly a vivid and significant flash movement that had a real effect on public debate, thatu2019s important now and later.
Smile, the Government Is Watching
Brace yourselves for the next wave in the surveillance stateu2019s steady incursions into our lives
The Death of Sunny Sheu
The cover-up of the death of an anti-corruption whistleblower by numerous agencies and the mainstream media.
The Euro Is Not in Trouble. People Are
The European Central Bank continues to make low-interest loans to private banks, but credit for Europe's main street players never materializes.
WikiLeaks Sheds Light on Paul Ryan’s Questionable Human Rights Stance
While Paul Ryan's economic policy is widely known, his foreign policy views, which appear to prioritize economic and political gains over human rights, often slip under the radar.
It Takes a Village to Get Control of the Pentagon: How Democrats and Republicans Must Walk a Narrow Path to True Reform
I want to talk about the reality of making some real changes in the DoD auditing and the budget, and what could work for people like me who have …
You Say You Want a Revolution of Values?
I spoke this past weekend at the Kateri Peace Conference in upstate New York ( https://kateripeaceconference.org ) along with Kathy Kelly, John Horgan, Ellen Grady, James Ricks, Matt Southworth, …
Election Countdown 2012: Sanitation Workers Refuse to Stop Picketing for the Democratic National Convention and More
In this week's Election Countdown: Its a young crowd at this year's Repuplican National Convention as headliners are barely in their forties; Georgia has to borrow federal funding …
Social Security and Medicare on the Chopping Block
Despite the many expressed fears that the Apocalypse awaits us and the alarmist predictions that we are about to go over the proverbial cliff when it comes to funding …