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Ray McGovern on Activism and the Military Industrial Complex
The past 50 years have shown that President Eisenhower? was spot on, as we would say today, about the Military Industrial Complex and what to expect if Americans were …
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Immunity and Impunity in Elite America
As intense protests spawned by Occupy Wall Street continue to grow, it is worth asking: Why now? The answer is not obvious. After all, severe income and wealth inequality …
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The Bush Tax Cuts and the 99 Percent
I forgot to alert you to my latest Atlantic column, which went up on Monday. To my mind, Occupy Wall Street is a protest movement, and a valuable one, …
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Why the Left Won’t Accept Success
Last Friday, President Barack Obama announced that the United States would complete the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq by Christmas, a development that you might have thought the …
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The Tea Party Versus Occupy Wall Street: Guess Which One Is the Real Populist Movement
Host David Gregory complained about Occupy Wall Street protestors “demonizing banks” and wondered, “Is this not a reverse tea party tactic?” Gregory is right. In many respects …
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The Stunning Victory That Occupy Wall Street Has Already Achieved
Occupy Wall Street has already achieved a stunning victory – a victory that is easy to overlook, but impossible to overstate. In just one month, the protesters have shifted …
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Wall Street is Still Out of Control, and Why Obama Should Call for Glass-Steagall and a Breakup of Big Banks
Next week President Obama travels to Wall Street where he’ll demand – in light of the Street’s continuing antics since the bailout, as well as its role in watering-down …
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I Woke Up One Morning and the War Was Over
America’s war in Iraq is over. The last U.S. troops will leave by year’s end, “with their heads held high, proud of their success and knowing that the American …
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Climate Change Just Got Hotter
Washington - For the clueless or cynical diehards who deny global warming, it's getting awfully cold out there. The latest icy blast of reality comes from an …
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Defining Politics Downward
Washington - Rick Perry should have backed off. Instead, he doubled down, and in a way that was doubly illuminating — about Perry himself and the degraded state of …