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Gimmie Shelter: Framing the Social Architecture of Sustainability
Many of us know and love the classic Rolling Stones tune “Gimme Shelter.” We could even sing along with it loudly in the car — if not in a …
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Ideological Inanity: The Republican Economic Debate
The Republican debate on the economy was staged in New Hampshire, but quickly descended into a netherworld of Republican ideological cant. Each candidate brought the idiosyncratic traits …
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Playing Washington’s Inside Game
And then there were 12. When the 435 House members and 100 senators failed in July to agree on a long-term deficit reduction plan, congressional leaders …
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Protests Grow in “Europe’s Next Greece”
“What are you protesting against?” asks a man walking home from the pub last night. “Is this about the IMF?” When I answer that yes, this is …
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Coal Ash Regulation Would Create 28,000 Jobs
Does environmental protection destroy jobs? That may be the strongest argument that the pro-pollution lobby has going for it. No one wants to endorse dirty air and water in …
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Will the US House Side With China on Currency?
If we want to bring jobs and wealth back to the United States for the 99% of us who have been under extreme pressure we're going to have to …
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“Globalization” Is Coming Home
It’s almost bedtime here in London, but Facebook is up and at it. Almost every post that appears in my news feed is about #occupywallstreet, and old and new …
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Justice Obstructed at Bagram as at Guantanamo: Ten Years Is Too Long!
Despite ten years of occupation and untold millions of dollars spent on rebuilding Afghanistan’s broken judicial and criminal justice system, the Afghan courts are “still too weak,” the Washington …
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Is Mitt Romney Ready for the World?
If current polls are correct, Mitt Romney seems likely to become the 2012 Republican presidential candidate and the next president of the United States. Therefore, we should carefully …
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A Delicate Moment for the Occupy Wall Street Movement
A group of children from Central Park East One and Two schools join demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street protest in Zuccotti Park, New York, October 10, 2011. (Photo: …