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Secret Cash: The Worst Political Scandal of All
Callista Gingrich, wife of former Congressman Newt Gingrich. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Sometimes I feel like Gus, the father in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” — …
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Food for Revolution
(Photo: Brett Fyfield / Flickr) Princeton – Summits are defined by their location. It is quaint that the 1933 World Economic Conference took place in the Geological …
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The “Evils of Entitlement“
(Photo: Eldar_ / Flickr) I've often thought of creating a socialist Monopoly game. I never have, because the word “socialist” connects to product decidedly less effectively than, …
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Art and Money
(Photo: Mo Riza / Flickr) In the US, artists and performers of all kinds have the possibility of “making it big” and gaining huge financial rewards. Conventional …
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Risky Advice
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Natalia Devalle, NASA) Brighton – Why do we seem to be witnessing an increasing number of nasty technological surprises? Indeed, this …
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Weak Job Growth Leads to Further Rise in Unemployment
The unemployment rate edged up again in May, reaching 9.1 percent, as the rate of private-sector job growth slowed to just 83,000. There were also downward revisions to the …
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The Triumph of Political Derangement
(Photo: thierry ehrmann / Flickr) There are many familiar symbols that represent the United States of America. There is the flag, of course. There is the strange …
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We Will Never Accept Unconstitutional War
The U.S. Constitution placed the power to make war in the hands of elected representatives in Congress. The founders feared giving war powers to an individual. Their …
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From American Conservatives, Voodoo Economics
About 80 percent of Dr. Rachel Chatters’s patients in Louisiana are on Medicaid. (Photo: Michael Stravato for the New York Times) So Representative Paul D. Ryan, the …
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One Week in the Life of a Police State
Keeping up with the real news can be difficult today—especially since those who provide us with the “news” often deliver entertainment packaged as news. In this way, what passes …