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The Choice Between Democracy and Autocracy
Hear ye, hear ye! Let it be known that in this 10th month of the first year of His Majesty King John Hickenlooper's reign, the sovereign governor of the …
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At Loss for a World View
Washington - The demise of Moammar Gaddafi is big news around the world. Note to the Republican presidential candidates: This will come as a shock, but there are lots …
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The Austerity Death Trap
Ron Paul’s newly-unveiled economic plan – promising to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget in year one (presumably that means 2013) – is only slightly more ambitious than …
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If the Greeks Can Shut Their Country Down, Why Can’t We?
In an effort to stop Greece’s parliament from voting for further austerity measures today and tomorrow, the Greek people have effectively shut the entire country down, as part of …
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Is the National Security Complex Too Big to Fail? TARPing War
Soldiers with the U.S. Army 2nd Platoon, Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment fire 105mm rounds of artillery toward a Taliban or Haqqani network rocket position beside …
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Which Bank Is the Worst for America? Five Behemoths That Hold Our Political System Hostage
The economic crash led to the loss of 9 million jobs and the biggest drop in American home-ownership since the Great Depression. Long-term unemployment, poverty and hunger have increased …
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Lincoln’s Lessons for Obama
Washington - Can President Obama take advantage of the egalitarian sentiment let loose in the country by the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations? Would doing so be consistent with the …
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Greenspan Blames the Victims of Europe’s Woes
(CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate ) Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, has written another deeply misleading, destructive op-ed. Also, the …
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We Have a First Amendment Right to Protest, So Why All These Arrests Around Occupy Wall Street?
On Saturday night, 175 members of Occupy Chicago were arrested after refusing to comply with a curfew the city had imposed on Grant Park. According to In These Times …
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Wall Street Is Dazed and Confused
Astonishingly, some Wall Streeters continue to be clueless about what the Occupy Wall Street movement is protesting. Yoo-hoo, Streeters: Note that the movement's name has the term “Wall Street” …