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It’s Going to Be a Scorcher … of a Century
Now is the time to make the transition to clean, renewable energy. The future of the planet and the human species depend on it.
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“Safe Seats” and the Media Spin About Radical Republicans
Media message: If politicians don't have to worry about re-election, naturally they're going to act more extreme. But that argument is flawed, says Eric Boehlert.
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Ignore the Spin: This Debt Ceiling Crisis Is Not Politics as Usual
Never before has a minority party linked controversial legislative demands with a threat to shut down the government or imperil the global economy. But House Republicans would have you …
The Etiquette of War and Surveillance: Letters to Colonel Manners (Ret.)
Colonel Manners (ret.) answers letters from Americans puzzled by the etiquette, manners and language of the arcane national security world of Washington.
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Why Are Republicans Changing Their Reason for Shutting Government?
Wait. What happened to the complaints about Obamacare? Now itu2019s u201cspending?u201d
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McDonald’s Takes Its Time Cooking Up a New Menu
The fast-food chain swears it will offer plenty of healthy choices at all its restaurants but not until seven years from now.
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WWII Vets, Forget the Monument; They’re Gunning for Your Social Security
The real goal of the hostage takers is a u201cGrand Bargainu201d on the budget that would include cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
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It May Be Hard to Believe, but GOP Will Become Even More Extreme, Respected Political Forecasters Say
Focus groups find the GOP in a battle for its political survival.
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William Rivers Pitt | Supply-Side Jesus and the Death of Shame
William Rivers Pitt: Let the GOP's lack of shame do its brutal, corrosive work on the hull of the death ship that is the Republican Party.
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Applying Lessons From Camden, New Jersey, to US Foreign Policy: Fences Don’t Make Good Neighbors
How can the spread of US fortress diplomacy contribute to a smart, effective foreign policy?