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Ten Things Wrong With What Kids Learn In School
Mainstream media, cued by corporate press releases, routinely claim that America's schools are markedly inferior to schools in other developed nations. The claim is part of an organized campaign …
Lies About Rwanda Mean More Wars If Not Corrected
Urge the ending of war these days and you'll very quickly hear the brutal 1994 massacre in Rwanda invoked.
Why the Surprise About Obama’s Iraq Whitewash? He’s Been Whitewashing the Iraq War Since Before It Began
Many liberals were shocked this past week when Barack Obama dismissed accusations of American hypocrisy in the face of Russia's actions in Crimea. Obama's 2014 defense of the Iraq …
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Killing Made Easy and Entertaining, Even Essential
Violence has become so embedded in our culture, killing is becoming second nature.
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Charles Keating and the Lessons of the Savings and Loan Crisis
On Wednesday, Charles H. Keating Jr., one of the most notorious fraudsters in American history, died at the age of 90.
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The Contraceptive Mandate Finally Leads America Out of the Victorian Era
The Affordable Care Act demonstrates an affirmative, proactive step from government for women's access to reproductive health care, but conservatives are bent on moving backwards.
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How To Fan the Flames
The worse our situation gets - economically, politically, ecologically -the more we yearn for a vast movement to erupt and transform the landscape.
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The Desperation of the Vanishing Middle Class
The underlying problem with financial advice is that, even in the best case, it rarely works.
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Flat Tax for Social Security
The FICA payroll tax may be the most regressive tax in the developed world: The least a progressive administration could do would be to remove the taxable maximum.
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Poor Billionaires, Victimized by Highfalutin Ideas
Here comes another billionaire who thinks that anyone who talks about income inequality is a Nazi; this time it's Ken Langone, the co-founder of Home Depot.