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Rupert Murdoch vs. Edward R. Murrow and Izzy Stone
On Saturday morning, Rupert Murdoch apologized to the British public in a full-page advertisement that will run for three days in seven national newspapers stating: “We are …
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Third Prize: You’re Fired
In the movie Glengarry Glen Ross, Alec Baldwin walks into the office of underperforming salesmen and shakes them to their core. He's the guy from the head office, and …
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Put 15 Million Back to Work Fixing $2.2 Trillion in Infrastructure: Resurrect the Works Progress Administration
(Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Perhaps all is not lost for the republic's economic future, even as its leaders let this nation hurtle toward …
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The Talmud and Greek Debt
A page of Talmud. (Photo: Chajm Guski / Flickr) Buenos Aires – There are two ways to look at Greece’s majestically unsustainable sovereign-debt mountain. There is, first, …
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Afghan Judges Accuse U.S. of War Crimes
I recently sat down for 90 minutes to speak with six Afghan judges, all of them women, and an English-Dari interpreter, a man. They spoke to me as …
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Statement by the President on Certification of Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
(Photo: Lawrence Jackson / White House) Today, we have taken the final major step toward ending the discriminatory ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law that undermines our military readiness …
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Praising the Hostage Takers: Will Obama Ever Hold the Republicans Accountable?
President Barack Obama holds a town hall event at the University of Maryland on July 22, 2011. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Will Obama …
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Gang of Six Plan Would Raise Taxes on Low-Income Workers
The chained Consumer Price Index (CPI), a provision included in the Gang of Six's deficit reduction package, raises taxes on low- and moderate-income workers, according to a recent report …
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Defaulting to Big Government
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks about President Barack Obama's push for a bipartisan solution to the debt ceiling in Washington on July 19, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott …
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The European Monetary Union is the Titanic
In the past, I have called the euro zone a "roach motel". But as usual, I've been outdone in the metaphor design department by the Italians: Guilio Tremonti, the …