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Wisconsin Democrats Allege Governor Walker Used Taxpayer Dollars for Campaign Web Site
“At Best Inappropriate, At Worst Against the Law” With Walker facing an “imminent recall,” the website consists of “propaganda” and “cherry-picked facts” designed to help Walker's reelection, …

6 Things to Know About “Smoking Man” in Herman Cain’s Weird New Ad (Dude Was Banned From Electoral Politics)
There's a Cancer Man on the body politic. Herman Cain, the former Americans for Prosperity operative, and his presidential campaign manager, Mark Block, are having a most …

Not Just a Protest, But a Little Utopia
New York - The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement has withstood political pressure, bad weather, police violence, and over a thousand arrests, and is continuing to grow in New …

Occupy Wall Street’s Battle Against American-Style Authoritarianism
Within a very short time, Occupy Wall Street has changed the national conversation to corporate corruption.

#OWS: What Took So Long?
Among the many issues raised by the Occupy Wall Street movement, perhaps the most basic is: What took so long? Why did three years elapse between the time reckless …

Can Obama Keep His Technology Edge in 2012?
Back during the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama’s staff often kicked off his stump speeches with a few words from a warm-up act. A young man would walk out …

Romney, In His Own Words: “The People Who Need the Help Most Are Not the Poor“
If you were waiting for an economic plan from presidential candidate Mitt Romney that helps the poor, you might be waiting for a while. Stumping in Iowa …

Maynelining with Stephen
But despite Mr Rupert Murdoch’s recent curious performance at Britain’s Parliamentary enquiry, that implied the leadership of News Corp may not be suitable country for old men, the ASA …

Putting the Global Occupy Movement in Context: Who Are These Protesters, and What Do They Want?
At first glance, the synchronized protests that took place in more than 900 cities around the globe on Oct. 15 seemed to indicate that Occupy Wall Street had achieved …

Occupy Wall Street Draws Collective Yawn in Latin America
New York - It’s a paradox that the only foreign-language kiosk set-up in Zuccotti Park, the site that has been “occupied” by Occupy Wall Street is for Spanish-language information, …