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Seoul Salvation
His name was on the lips of everyone I talked with in South Korea last week. As an underdog with little name recognition but a long history of progressive …
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The Risk of the “Cheap” Libya Victory
NATO’s “victory” in Libya has sown many seeds of possible future calamity. But none is fraught with as much danger as providing a new “war on the cheap” model …
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Will Grover Come Over?
Brian Beutler has the latest on the Super Committee machinations: Super Committee Republicans are floating a trial balloon that would produce new tax revenue, in …
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It’s the Trade Deficit!
A huge part of the reason we can't get out of this unemployment slump is the trade deficit. We don't buy American and neither do our "trade partners." We …
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Time to Occupy Voting? Progressive Upsurge Faces Tough Test in Ohio
In the first major election since Occupy Wall Street swept the nation, Ohioans have a chance on Tuesday to repeal draconian restrictions on labor rights. A victory for the …
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The Shame in Happy Valley
Washington - Legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno said, "I did what I was supposed to." In fact, nobody at Penn State did what basic human decency requires …
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Time for Supercommittee to Fail
“I have great respect for each of you individually, but collectively I’m worried you’re going to fail — fail the country,” former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles, …
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Meet the Problem: Twenty-Five Senators Voted to Build “Bridge to Nowhere” in 2005 … and Against Building Bridges Today
Ed Luce of the Financial Times made an astute observation today, regarding the mostly Republican group of senators that filibustered the most recent legislation to invest $60 billion in …
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Congress Using Iran to Handcuff Obama on Foreign Affairs
The U.S. Congress is using opposition to Iran as an excuse to attack President Obama’s executive authority in an ill-advised piece of legislation. The “Iran Threat …
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Dehumanizing Late-Stage Capitalism
In my opinion, when people opine that the OWS movement is about — or should be about — the airing of this particular grievance or that it must bandy …