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Bases on the Dock
It has been like a cross between a suspense and a horror movie. If the committee doesn’t come up with a compromise by the Thanksgiving deadline, the axes will …
If It Bleeds, It Distracts: Police Brutality Threatens Occupiers’ Bodies – and Message
Demonstrators with the Occupy Oakland movement flee the area after police deployed tear gas near City Hall in Oakland, California on October 25, 2011. (Photo: Jim Wilson / The …
Heads Up, Supercommittee: Here’s How to Cut Billions From Overpriced Weapons
If the Department of Defense was required to do real "should-cost" studies, the historical overpricing would be obvious.
Washington Post Discards All Journalistic Standards in Attack on Social Security
News outlets generally like to claim a separation between their editorial pages and their news pages. The Washington Post has long ignored this distinction in pursuing its agenda for …
Raising Cain: When Is a Scoop Ready to Be Published?
Politico’s story on possible sexual harassment by Herman Cain may be the biggest investigative scoop of the campaign season. But it would be hard to deduce that from the …
Occupy Wall Street’s Elegant Message
Demonstrators with the Occupy Wall Street protests listen to a performance by Arlo Guthrie at Columbus Circle in New York on October 21, 2011. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The …
Communicating via People Pedal Power
A bicycle-powered generator supplies power to a radio. (Photo: kaputniq) One single bicycle - and many pedaling people - powers Occupy San Francisco's media center: three laptops, …
Shalit Is Free. Lift the Siege of Gaza Now
In the world of principle and international law, the ongoing Israeli blockade of Gaza - which, until now, blocks Gazans from traveling to the West Bank and East Jerusalem, …
The “Tea Party” Movement, More Hype Than Reality
Ken and Donna Paulsen give away T-shirts at a straw poll in Ames, Iowa, Aug. 13, 2011. (Photo: Eric Thayer / The New York Times) The validity …
Supercommittee of the One Percent Won’t Even Think of Taxing Wall Street
If anyone still questioned who owns Washington, the Congressional supercommittee charged with reducing projected deficits by $1.2 trillion seems determined to end any doubts. According to press accounts, both …