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Best Line of the Debate
President Barack Obama during the presidential debate with at the University of Denver, in Denver, October 3, 2012. (Photo: Matthew Staver / The New York Times)I think President Obama …
Life in Waziristan, 2012 “AD”
The U.S. government has created enemies where there were none.
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Robert Reich: The First Presidential Debate
During the presidential debate, Romney won on style while Obama won on substance.
Romney v. Obama: The Debate That Wasn’t
What passed as a presidential debate, Wednesday evening, was nothing more than a series of carefully-rehearsed, often rambling, mini-speeches that were more focused on generalities than on specifics. …
On the Killing of Eight Afghan Women
The peaceful words of religious texts like the Gospel are often steamrolled in favor of the culture of war. But with the recent killing of eight Afghan women by …
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An Occupier’s Story
I think my “Occupyer Story” concept may hold value, not only for those on the ground who want to be encouraged to do more, but also for the occupy …
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Media Ignore Republican Disdain for Basic Human Rights
Romney's “47 percent” deserve basic human rights too - a right to healthcare, a place to live and food to eat.
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Noam Chomsky: Issues That Obama and Romney Avoid
There are two issues of overwhelming significance, because the fate of the species is at stake: environmental disaster, and nuclear war.
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A Repeat of the 2000 Election Crisis Would Be a Disaster for American Democracy
A review of the 2000 election suggests we could again experience a crisis election with results which call the United Statesu2019 republican way of government into question and lead …
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Politics Aside, There’s No Debating the Scary Facts of Romney’s Tax Policy
Imara Jones reminds us why Mitt Romneyu2019s shaky grasp of the details on display in Denver should be downright disconcerting.