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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?
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Mitch McConnell Wants America to Be an Oligarchy
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the single most important campaign finance case since Citizens United.
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What Happened to Change?
Are we suppressing ourselves or is the government the cause of our suppression? Statistics show that Black and Latinos make up 30% of the US population, but are 61% …
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Ask a Keynesian: With US Borrowing Capped, Won’t More Pentagon Spending Destroy Jobs?
In the current federal budget political context, unnecessary Pentagon spending destroys American jobs.