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Uncle Sam Should Support Built-to-Last Companies, Not Built-to-Loot Enterprises
A powerful coalition of U.S.-based global companies is lobbying hard for a “tax holiday” on offshore profits. Companies like Google, Apple, Pfizer, and General Electric have parked …
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An Open Letter to Wall Street
Let's face it: the mess outside your office is your doing.
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It’s President Obama Who Needs to “Stop Complaining’" and Get to Work
President Obama’s speech to the Congressional Black Caucus’ annual meeting this past weekend shouldn’t have even been news. As a whole, it was unremarkable. He offered up his now-standard …
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Can the Left Stage a Tea Party?
Washington - Why hasn't there been a tea party on the left? And can President Obama and the American left develop a functional relationship? That those two …
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Corporate Overkill: Wendy’s Tries to Grill a Burger in the Lab
At first blush, you might think that “Dave's Hot 'N Juicy” is the title of a pornographic movie. Actually, it's only a hamburger. Well, not just any …
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The Reign of the One Percenters: Income Inequality and the Death of Culture in New York City
For my daughter’s benefit, so that she might know the enemy better, know what he looks like, where he nests, and when and where to throw eggs at his …
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Save the American Dream by Fighting the Plutocracy
Thousands rally to defend worker rights in Wisconsin, then nearly a million force a referendum in Ohio to repeal a similar assault. Tens of thousands fill congressional town meetings …
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The American Jobs Depression, and How to Get Out of It
The Reverend Al Sharpton and various labor unions have announced a March for Jobs. But I’m afraid we’ll need more than marches to get jobs back. Since …
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Why Are the Governors of America Saying Such Dumb Things?
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue at a highway dedication, September 26, 2011. Perdue set off a firestorm of criticism with comments to a Rotary Club meeting suggesting "...we ought …
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Would the Founders Back Health Law?
Today’s American Right is fond of pushing the idea of “originalist” thinking by the Founders to rally opposition to government initiatives that address modern-day problems. The claim is that …