Truthout
Op-Ed
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From Start to Finish: Why We Won and How We Are Losing
Has the process of evolution in the hominid line produced a species that is both very clever and very crazy?
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Deluded by “Skewed” Polls
Conservatives are abuzz with a new conspiracy theory: Polls showing Obama with a lead over Mitt Romney are deliberately being skewed by the Liberal Mainstream Media.
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The World in a Grain of Sand
“In this grain of sand a world is foreshadowed,” writes Richard Lichtman on the invasion and occupation of Iraq by the US.
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GOP vs. Democrats: The Failure to Communicate
There's a common view that the clandestine video of Mitt Romney's “47 percent” speech revealed “the real Mitt.” But why should we assume that? How can we know? We …
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What Bullies Can Teach Our Kids, and Us
Shannon Hayes on the important lesson that can be learned by standing up to a bully.
Romney’s Goal for the Companies Bain Acquired: “Harvest Them at Significant Profit”
We need someone who doesnu2019t see the economy as profits to be harvested, but as people who need more and better jobs.
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After Making a Mess of Iraq, Bush Advisers Join Team Romney
Paul Krugman: What does it say about Mr. Romney that heu2019s relying on this crew?
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Repackaging Mitt as a Compassionate Conservative? It’s Too Late
Mitt Romney may be showing his sensitive side on his tour through Ohio, but the American people cannot forget what the real Romney says when no one is looking.
Texas Tar Sands Tree-Sit Launches to Halt Keystone XL Indefinitely
Two blockaders locked down to construction equipment in Winnsboro, Texas, to defend the nine people now occupying a tree village on Texas landowner David Daniel's property.
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A Crucible of Political Disenchantment: “Dismiss Whatever Insults Your Own Soul”
Phil Rockstroh discusses how our society, detached from itself, is lost in a “Weltschmerz,” meaning a world of pain.