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The Politics of the Heavenly and Unheavenly
Washington - We have embarked on yet another presidential campaign in which religion will play an important role without any agreement over what the ground rules for that engagement …
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Will Americans Be Allowed to Vote on Supercommittee Cuts?
Congress' “supercommittee” of the 1% is preparing an austerity plan for the 99%. Will We, the People be allowed to vote on this plan, or, like Greece, will the …
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Mitt Romney’s Big Bad Ideas for the Middle East
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney before giving his first foreign policy speech as a presidential candidate in the Mark Clark Hall's Buyer Auditorium at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., …
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Some Disturbing Truths About Rick Perry’s Texas
Governor Rick Perry speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) I’m at sea this week - literally, for once - and learning …
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With People in the Streets, 1 Percent Congress Continues to Push Austerity
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) listens to a reporter's question on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 7, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) …
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My Presbyterian Cult
Robert Jeffress speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas and a …
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Washington Pre-Occupied
(Photo: Andrew Bossi / Flickr) The biggest question in America these days is how to revive the economy. The biggest question among activists now occupying …
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The Mitt Might Not Fit
Washington - The Republican Party's inevitable decision to nominate Mitt Romney for president is starting to look evitable after all. That's certainly not a consensus view among …
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A Brave New World Wide Web of Economics
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Ryan Avent, the economics writer at The Economist, and I have been corresponding about the role of the …
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Bill Moyers: “Our Politicians Are Money Launderers in the Trafficking of Power and Policy” (2)
Comments Prepared for Delivery Public Citizen 40th Gala Washington, DC October20, 2011 I am honored to share this occasion with you. No …