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Europe Should Beware Leaders Peddling Austerity
(Credit: Dobritz, France CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Alan Cowell had an interesting piece in The New York Times on Nov. 14 contrasting public …
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Homeless Children and Millionaire Coaches
Before I weigh in on the heart-stopping salary of Ohio State's new football coach, let me tell you about the kids I met last Sunday evening. You …
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Giving Politicians a Good Name
Washington - Two politicians from different countries and with very different political pedigrees made news this week. Both spoke difficult truths and reminded us that we shouldn't use the …
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Unions Beat GOP Candidates as New Hampshire Blocks Anti-Labor Law
GOP presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, on November 29, 2011. Perry urged the …
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Occupy Demands: Let’s Radicalize Our Analysis of Empire, Economics, Ecology
Occupy Wall Street, New York, November 17, 2011. (Photo: thethingsitdoes) There's one question that pundits and politicians keep posing to the Occupy gatherings around the country: What …
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The Global Occupy Movement Challenges the Transnational Corporate Class Propaganda Machine
The international concentration of wealth and military power is endangering not only the personal freedoms and life chances of billions of people, but the potentiality for life on earth …
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Buy American, Shop American
One thing you can do to help bring back American jobs is look for goods made in America when you shop. People are tired of going into stores and …
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The Power of Occupy Wall Street Is Not Just What They’re Doing, but How They’re Doing It
Waste your summer prayin' in vain for a savior to rise from these streets Well I'm no hero girl that's understood...” —Bruce Springsteen, “Thunder Road” …
A Gut-Check Moment for Mr. Obama
One way or another, we will soon learn a very large truth about the man in the Oval Office.
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Wal-Mart Chairman Rob Walton: The Worst of the One Percent?
Brave New Films, the film studio that produced the ground-breaking documentary, “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price,” is holding an online vote to pick the “worst of the …