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The Disuniting of America
In the Bible, Paul doesn't say that money is the root of all evil — rather, it is the love of money that he warns against. In …
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Republicans Crack Me Up
Herman Cain speaking at CPAC FL in Orlando, Florida. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Upon cracking open the Washington Post home page early Tuesday morning, I counted no less …
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The Occupiers’ Responsive Chord
A combination of police crackdowns and bad weather are testing the young Occupy movement. But rumors of its demise are premature, to say the least. Although numbers are hard …
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The World Is Finally Fighting Off the Infection of Neoliberalism
The narrative seems simple enough: on December 18, 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, an over-educated but under-employed Tunisian fruit seller, immolated himself in protest and died at the age of 26. …
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Spotlight G20: Why We Need a Financial Transaction Tax
At the forthcoming G20 Summit (Cannes, 3-4 November 2011), the summit leaders are expected to address several policy issues concerning world economy and financial markets, many of which remained …
Occupy the Future
That the Occupy movement is unprecedented seems appropriate because this is an unprecedented era.
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The Art of the Shakedown, From the Nile to the Potomac
A bit over an hour into the five-hour drive across the ferrous red plateau, heading south toward Uganda’s capital Kampala, suddenly, there’s the Nile, a boiling, roiling cataract at …
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Let Herman Be Gone
Washington - Responding to his insurgent campaign's first crisis, Herman Cain was upbeat and defiant. "To quote my chief of staff and all the people around this country, 'Let …
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Not Another “High-Tech Lynching“
Washington - It was inevitable, from the moment the story broke of sexual harassment allegations against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, that the parallels would be drawn to Supreme …
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Occupy the Winter of Our Discontent
Can occupations survive a winter of global weirding, escalated police brutality, and the corporate media's venom? Should they? In some parts of the country there will be …