Truthout
Op-Ed
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Globalized Growth Is the Problem, Localism Is the Solution
This strange twilight moment, in which our experts and systems managers squander resources in attempting to re-create an expanding economic system that is moribund, will inevitably lead to systems …
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Leaving the GOP and Joining the Reality-Based Community: How I Learned to Stop Loving the Bombs
This is the story of how in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and later in Iraq, I discovered that what I believed to be the full spectrum of reality …
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Farewell to Bill
Clinton's political skills shouldn't prevent us from understanding the track record of his economic policies.
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Just Another TV Show
In terms of sheer showmanship, the Democrats put on the most masterfully choreographed convention I have ever seen or even heard of.
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A Tale of Two Asylums: Assange, Palacio, and Media Hypocrisy
Two journalists and two cases of international asylum show the hypocrisy of the establishment press.
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Primal Outrage: Can Homo Sapiens Use Our Inherent “Inequity Aversion” to Topple the 1 Percent?
Humans are hardwired for deception, but we also share our primate cousins' predisposition to empathy and fairness.
Whitewashed: CIA’s Murder of Gul Rehman
Almost two and half years ago, I wrote about the murder of Abdul Manan Gul Rehman in a CIA black site facility known as the Salt Pit in Afghanistan. …
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Kill Lists and Giant Triplets: Obama and the Neoliberal Government
Itu2019s been more than two years now, and the tight rope upon which many balanced their hopesu2014for a truly different and transformative model of governanceu2014has lost a good deal …
In the Blame Game, the Right Cites God
I would never say God sent a scary storm in the form of Hurricane Issac to the RNC because he hates Republicans, even though they do seem to ignore …
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Obama’s Gift to Progressives
Obama's acceptance speech offers progressives a gift they can't refuse, not matter how little we trust his promises.