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Keynes’ Predictions Proven Spectacularly Accurate
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times ) The economist Dean Baker is once again justifiably mad at Robert Samuelson at The Washington Post who, in …
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Why Is Wisconsin Different?
At this writing, as organized signature-gathering groups and thousands of individual collectors press onward, a recall election for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his hapless lieutenant, Rebecca Kleefisch, now …
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The Decline of the Public Good
Meryl Streep’s eery reincarnation of Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” brings to mind Thatcher’s most famous quip, “there is no such thing as ‘society.’” None of the dwindling …
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“The Iron Lady”: The Margaret Thatcher Movie We Don’t Need
The Iron Lady just opened in London where, let's hope, it generates some serious critique. The critical silence in the United States has been astounding, only made worse by …
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Obama Makes Recess Appointments to NLRB. Is It Enough for AFL-CIO Endorsement?
President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Washington, DC - Today, President Obama made three recess appointments …
“The High Comedy of Alternate Reality”; or, “Ah … Iowa”
Please don't expect me to take the 2012 GOP Iowa caucus seriously.
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Time to Stop Being Cynical About Corporate Money in Politics and Start Being Angry
(Photo: nathanrandall; Edited: JR / TO) My resolution for 2012 is to be naïve - dangerously naïve. I’m aware that the usual recipe for political …
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Ron Paul’s Fetish on Civil Rights
GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul just can’t seem to help himself when it comes to his fetish on a law which has been on the books for nearly five …
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Václav Havel’s Life in Truth
Prague - Long before Czechoslovakia’s communist regime collapsed in 1989, Václav Havel was one of the most remarkable figures in Czech history – already a successful playwright when he …
Universities Gone Wild: Big Money, Big Sports and Scandalous Abuse at Penn State
The desecration of public trust is all the more vile when the persons and institution in question have been assigned the stewardship of generations of youth.