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Op-Ed
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The Triumph of the Right
The Right is still winning the big one: How the nation understands our biggest domestic problem.
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Dick Cheney’s Heartless Hypocrisy
Dick Cheney's new book about his life-saving heart transplant has drawn much fawning coverage. But little attention has gone to the hypocrisy of the ex-vice president accepting expensive government-funded …
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Stop Treating Capitalists Like They’re Gods
Senator Rand Paul has no idea how capitalism works. That's because, like most Americans, he confuses capitalism with free enterprise.
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Are the Koch Brothers the New “Copper Kings”?
Charles and David Koch, worth a combined estimated $68 billion in net worth, are among the driving forces behind the corruption of our democracy.
Why Washington Can’t Stop: The Coming Era of Tiny Wars and Micro-Conflicts
What our leaders don't get is the most basic, practical fact of our moment: war simply doesn't work, not big, not micro - not for Washington.
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Paul Krugman | America’s New Employment Reality
If certain skills are in short supply, show us the workers with these skills who are being offered premium wages; show us the employers laying out real dollars to …
Captain Phillips Doesn’t Explain Why Somali Pirates Exist
Though the extent to which Phillips falls short of the movieu2019s exaltation is somewhat surprising, the filmu2019s depiction of Somalis is not.
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Don’t Even Talk About Cuts
Here is a guiding message Democrats should use from here on out: Jobs help the economy. Cuts hurt the economy. Donu2019t even talk about any more cuts.
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Right-Wing Ideology Run Wild
All such shortsighted ideologies, be they of the Right or the Left, have proven unrealistic and so have failed. Unfortunately, they have wreaked havoc in the meantime.
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ALEC and TIAA-CREF Join the Assault on Public Pensions
ALEC has jumped into the conservative effort to dismantle public pension systems in a big way, making it one of its top 2014 legislative priorities.