Truthout
Op-Ed
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Duane Buck, Rick Perry and the Politics of Death
Simple rule for killers: If you are going to murder someone in the United States, don't try to get the job done in Texas. Keep the hostage alive in …
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University of Hypocrisy
In the firmament of celebrated Americana, there is Mom, apple pie, football and beer — but there most certainly is not marijuana. As it relates to drugs, this bizarre …
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Preserving Life (Except the Uninsured)
Watching the Republican presidential candidates and their agitated tea party supporters at the CNN/Tea Party debate, an ordinary citizen might feel confused. Those people sound angry, but exactly what …
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Constitutional Fairy Tales
Washington - Tea party types and other conservatives talk about how they'd like their country back. I'd like my Constitution back. The rise of these …
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Where Are All of the Compassionate Conservatives?
From left: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry during the national anthem at the CNN Tea Party Republican Debate at the …
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God’s Hand
Her touch was gentler than anything I'd ever felt before - a tiny hand resting on my upper back. Standing in the middle of a tightly packed audience at …
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Taking on Turkey: Israel’s “Dangerous” Game
The UN Palmer Report, which largely exonerated Israel for murdering nine unarmed Turkish civilians in international waters on May 31, 2010, seemed in some ways like the last straw. …
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Rank-and-File Economics: Fighting for a Wage- and Job-Led Recovery
Riddle 1:When is a recovery not a recovery? Answer: When profits are at record levels, corporations are sitting on $1.7 trillion in cash, and unemployment is still at …
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Supporting the “Scrap the Cap” Bill Helps Save Social Security
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., today introduced a bill that, if passed by Congress and signed by the president, would insure Social Security's solvency for the next 75 years—without having …
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America’s “New Normal” Is Anything But
As the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan looms, America approaches a decade of continuous and expanding wars, both declared and undeclared, in at least four countries. …