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Rumi’s Field
(Photo: Robin Thunholm / Flickr) "Out beyond ideas of rightdoing and wrongdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there." -Rumi Keeping the biggest possible …
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E.J. Dionne Jr. | Our Imagination Deficit
WASHINGTON — While the United States remains utterly frozen in a debate about budget deficits and all the things that government shouldn't do, other countries are marrying public and …
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Remembering the Quiet, Unsung Heroes of America
(Photo: Fouquier / Flickr) This Memorial Day, let's remember and learn from our heroes who are gone from us. For me, my heroes are my parents, both …
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Raise Your Hand if You Think the Expansion of Our Nuclear-Industrial Complex Escapes Iran
A sign in the grounds of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, on Sept. 12, 2009. (Photo: Mark Holm / The New York Times) Focal …
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How China Plans to Leapfrog the American Economy (and It’s Not What You Think)
Many Americans are already concerned about China’s growing economic challenge to the United States. Indeed, the challenge itself is hardly news anymore. But a new book, Red Alert …
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Theories and Hoaxes Are Blurring Reality
After his End Times prediction failed last week millionaire radio prophet Harold Camping eventually came up with an excuse. During his show "Open Forum" in Oakland on May 23, …
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Europe’s SB1070
CRS officer at a student demonstration. (Photo: Martin Le Roy) Arizona, for Americans, has come to symbolize anti-immigrant hysteria codified into law. Under its highly controversial terms, …
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Medicare: “Biggest Deficit Driver” or “Solution” to Economic Recovery?
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday, April 1, 2009. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York …
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An All-American Retirement System: Building for the Future
(Photo: Markus Reuter / Flickr) While Congress bickers and the president dithers, roads are crumbling, bridges are failing, dams are cracking and water and sewer systems are …
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The Political Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan turned seventy [earlier this week]. The following essay is adapted from The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame, which Nation …