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Are Americans Better Off Than Their Parents?
A new report from the Pew Economic Mobility Project has some observers celebrating how well Americans are doing compared to their parents. But the reportu2019s figures, upon closer inspection, …
Police Kill Suspect; Occupy SF Activists Falsely Linked
Once again, the media have stumbled upon a case of law enforcement malfeasance, printed the police's official line and falsely insinuated that Occupy was somehow involved in a killing.
Titanic Banks Hit LIBOR Iceberg: Will Lawsuits Sink the Ship?
Billions of dollars were skimmed from cities all across America by colluding to rig the public bids on municipal bonds, a business worth $3.7 trillion.
“Seconds Away From Midnight”: US Nuclear Missile Pioneers on Okinawa Break 50-Year Silence on a Hidden Nuclear Crisis of 1962
Six months prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis, however, a parallel drama had played out on the other side of the world as the U.S. secretly brought near-identical missiles …
The National Security Complex and You
Are you, for instance, worried about the safety of Americau2019s u201csecretsu201d? Then you should breathe a sigh of relief and consider this headline from a recent article on …
Three Ploys the Department of Defense Uses When Their Budget Is at Risk
As soon as Leon Panetta became secretary of defense, he made it clear that he would not accept these levels of cuts in the DoD and go back to …
So DID Mitt Romney Really “Create Jobs” at Staples?
Did Mitt Romney really “create 100,000 jobs” with Staples? Simple answer: only if no one else was selling office supplies, stationery, etc. before Staples came along. What Staples did …
Election Countdown 2012: The Head of New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Mineral Resources Sees Global Warming as a Good Thing, and More
As head of the Department of Environmental Conservationu2019s Division of Mineral Resources, Bradley J. Field is a prominent figure in an agency that has promoted hydraulic fracturing as a …
Minnesota Town Bans Signs in Yards Unless They’re Pro-War
At a festival called Peacestock in Wisconsin last weekend, I met a woman who lives in Little Falls, Minnesota. That city had forced her to take down signs …
For Barney Frank’s Legacy: Pass the Mulvaney Amendment to Freeze Military Spending
In the cause of working to rein in America's excessive, unnecessary, out-of-control military spending, Frank has stood out from his colleagues, both in terms of advancing the issue in …