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The Right Wing’s 2011 Shellacking
Washington - This week's elections around the country were brought to you by the word "overreach," specifically conservative overreach. Given an opportunity in 2010 to build a long-term majority, …
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Paul Krugman to Paul Ryan: “The Truth Hurts“
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) During a recent speech, Paul Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, expressed outrage over what …
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Tom Friedman: Wall Street Will Save Us From Wall Street
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman (11/9/11) went to India in order to appreciate how the grassroots movement to stamp out political corruption there is superior to Occupy Wall …
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Foreign Influence: Inappropriate for Lawmakers Tasked With Shrinking the Deficit
In his presidential farewell address, George Washington offered this warning to the young nation: "Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence…the jealousy of a free people ought to be …
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Next After the Ohio Victory: Run for America
Yesterday, Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected the effort to revoke basic worker rights, delivering a stunning rebuke to conservative Gov. John Kasich. That spark was lit in Madison, Wisconsin last …
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Beyond the Banks: Three More Ways to Move Your Money Away From Corporations
On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country organized to move their money from predatory big banks to smaller local banks and credit unions. After 650,000 Americans …
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An Iraq-WMD Replay on Iran?
The American public is about to be inundated with another flood of “expert analysis” about a dangerous Middle Eastern country presumably hiding a secret nuclear weapons program that may …
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Across the Country, Voters Reject Right-Wing Extremists
While San Francisco elections were largely anti-climactic, across the country voters rejected en masse the right-wing Tea Party politics that have plagued national politics. Nowhere was it more obvious …
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Don’t Just Salute Veterans, Rally With Them
Here's a surprise that the power elites really hate to see: Many members of the 1 percent are joining the "We are the 99 percent" movement in various Occupy …
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When Guns Defeat Butter
Years ago I read a newspaper story about an elderly man, a loner, who lived in an impoverished area of Cleveland. Neighbors had noticed his mail piling up on …