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Progressives Getting Played: A Case Study In Really Bad Federal Tax Policy
This post may run through tax geekdom a bit, but it hopefully shows the relationship between federal and state tax policy, and how badly the battle has been waged …
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We Know How to Live
Cinema 2 of the New Parkway Theatre in Oakland is deserted. I take a seat against the arm of a cushy brown couch on the third tier upfrom the …
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Christians Evangelizing Military Youth on the Taxpayer’s Dime
Government funded Christian evangelism is strong among military youth in America. Mikey Weinstein reports.
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Putting Some Real Pop in Populism
Washington should do more than the minimum on minimum wage.
Brennan’s Loose Talk on Iran Nukes
Letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chair, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on John Brennan's possible appointment to Director of the CIA.
Whether or Not Women Are Allowed in Combat, the Military Serves the Patriarchy
Some of the opposition to women serving in combat distracts from the deeply embedded patriarchal reasons that critics of the Pentagon's decision prefer to uphold.
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Early Stage Rebellions Are Never Safe, Comfortable or Popular
Chris Hedges: Resisters in Nazi Germany knew that well.
Congress: End Endless War and Stop Becoming “the Evil That We Deplore”
Revoking the power to combine lovely rhetoric with pernicious militarism will be even more difficult.
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Christopher Dorner and the Exterminating Angels
If Christopher Dorner had been standing on a skyscraper ledge or holding Rupert Murdoch hostage, the world might have paid more attention to the injustices that he chronicles.
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The Draft: A War-Killer
History shows that when we have a draft, our lawmakers are less enthusiastic to start wars, and more enthusiastic to end them quickly.