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Will Iraqi Commandos Trained by US Be Turned Into Another Republican Guard?
"Anxiety Hovers Over Iraqi Commandos" reads the title of Tim Arango's July 13 "Baghdad Bureau" post in the New York Times. When one reflects back on all the suicide …
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US Health Care Problems Rooted in Private Sector, Despite Right-Wing Claims
A recent report by McKinsey and Company was seized upon by opponents of health care reform to create a new myth: that President Obama’s health insurance reform (the 2010 …
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Ray McGovern to Governor Brown on Prisons
Dear Governor Brown, I'm thinking that the Jesuits who educated you probably told you, as they did me, that Ignatius of Loyola required all Jesuits, including the …
Murdoch in the Morning, Part II: Watching Fox
What follows is a blow-by-blow breakdown of my Thursday with Fox News.
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Facing Up to the Real Cost of Carbon
Your house might not burn down next year. So you could probably save money by cancelling your fire insurance. That's a "bargain" that few homeowners would accept. …
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How the Debt-Ceiling Showdown Could Affect You
As Congress lurches about in search of a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling before an August 2 deadline, ordinary investors are watching anxiously to see whether there'll …
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Congratulations Senator Coburn and the GOP Victory for the Rich
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The Limits of Compromise
Washington - Before we make political partisanship a felony, punishable by endless lectures from weather-vane senators and allegedly “wise” commentators, let’s remember that some choices are real, consequential and …
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Congratulations Senator Coburn and the GOP Victory for the Rich (Video)
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There Are Jobs for Those Who Want Them. (Not)
The New York Times on Wednesday featured another Casey Mulligan episode of "There Is No Unemployment." Mulligan's argument is that if we look at employment rates for the older …