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What Do You Do When You Can’t Shut It Down?
Demonstrators with Occupy Wall Street react to heavy rain at the encampment in Zuccotti Park, in New York, on October 14, 2011. (Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times) …
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Bank of America: Always Thinking of You
One way you can tell that a bank is in trouble is that it suddenly starts buying full-page ads in newspapers across the country that tell us what great …
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The Long Shadows of Nixon and Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover. (Photo: Wikimedia) J. Edgar Hoover passed away on May 2, 1972. The legendary FBI director lay in state at the Capitol rotunda, the doors …
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Criticism, Violence and Roosting Chickens
Protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park in New York, Nov. 15, 2011. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New York Times) The 99 percent …
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Deadly Secrets
The world is made of deadly secrets. We are surrounded by them, enveloped in them, yet are seldom able to see them for what they are ... and when …
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“Nuclear Option” Against Iran’s Economy Paves Way for War
The drumbeat for another round of draconian sanctions against Iran is growing louder on Capitol Hill. While Illinois Senator Mark Kirk's proposed legislation to “collapse the Central Bank of …
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Keith Olbermann | Special Comment: We need Bloomberg
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Six Burning Questions About the Violent Crackdowns on Occupations Around the Country
Occurring without provocation, the Occupy crackdown gives the appearance of an orchestrated effort to thwart an emerging protest movement. Early morning Tuesday, in New York City, hundreds of police …
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Unaddressed Problems With High-Stakes, Standardized Tests
In 1949, I was a self-employed trucker, buying and hauling timber for shoring up the roofs of coal mines in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. A very long …
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Does Race Explain Penn State’s Blind Eye to Sex Scandal?
Enough of the ghoulish, sordid facts are known about the Penn State University child sex scandal to say this. The alleged child rapes were known by some athletic department …