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Is Medical Care a Good Business?
For the past several decades, America has been experimenting with applying the principles of business to our health care system. Many believed that by unleashing the power of markets, …
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Why the Tea Party Needs Mitt
Dear Tea Party Movement, For the last few months, the world has been fascinated by your frenzied search for a presidential candidate who is not Mitt Romney. …
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Organize in 2012
It's a new year, at last. I say “at last” because 2011 was a rough ride, politically. Here's a summary of the bigger bumps: non-stop Congressional gridlock, …
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The Lasting Damage of Iraq
Madrid - The folding of the American flag in Iraq amid a collapse of public security and a severe crisis in the country’s fragile political order seals a tragic …
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Hawk in a Clown-Car Field
Washington - Before there was the tea party to define the phrase “far-right fringe,” there was Rick Santorum. He's a nice-guy zealot who should never be allowed anywhere near …
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Mitt, Son of “Citizen’s United”
Former Governor Mitt Romney at a townhall in Sun Lakes, Arizona, September 14, 2011. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) First, a confession. If Mitt Romney becomes president I’m partly …
Recognizing the “Unpeople”
Kidnapping civilians is plainly a serious crime – unless, of course, they are mere unpeople.
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US Political News Is a Fool’s Game
“Game On” was Rick Santorum’s first comment after his “surge” was considered successful with a mere 30,000 votes in Ioway. He inadvertently gave the game away by calling it …
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America’s Financial Leviathan
Berkeley, CA - In 1950, finance and insurance in the United States accounted for 2.8% of GDP, according to US Department of Commerce estimates. By 1960, that share had …
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GOP Candidate Contempt for Blacks Continues
Think: When black people (otherwise knows as 40 million Americans) have come up in GOP presidential candidate discussion during the march towards the Iowa Caucus in what context has …