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Extortion Politics: Why Won’t American Business Stop the GOP From Threatening to Blow Up The Economy?
As the government approaches its borrowing limit of $14.3 trillion, Republicans are seeking political advantage over what conditions should be attached to raising that limit. This is a …

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The Stubborn Myth of Expansionary Contraction
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Mike Konczal, a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, has been writing lately in his economics blog, Rortybomb, about …

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If Cairo Came to Kabul
Before Tahrir Square happened almost nobody predicted that President Hosni Mubarak would be forced out of office by a movement that didn't pick up a gun. Had President Barack …

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Sleepwalking Into the Imperial Dark
This can't end well. But then, how often do empires end well, really? They live vampirically by feeding off others until, sooner or later, they begin …

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Goldstone and the Israelis
There is something tragicomic about the persona of Richard Goldstone. First there was a veritable storm of fury when the original Goldstone report was issued. …

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Here’s an Energy Boost: 100 Percent Renewables
If you already knew about (or read our item on the perils of fracking), you may well be asking yourself: If this method of extracting natural gas is not …

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Read, Don’t Burn
Last year, a small crisis was created by Mr. Terry Jones, pastor of a nondenominational church Gainesville, FL, when he announced his plans to burn a copy of the …

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America Is Not a Third World Country … Yet
Let's start with the assumption that America is not a Third World country. In poor countries, many people never see doctors. Only the elite go to college. Rattletrap trains …

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Take Him Seriously
Washington - It's time to take Donald Trump seriously as a presidential candidate. Three, two, one ... OK, time's up. Unbelievably, the waxen-haired real estate …

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The Big Lie
Is there any limit to the outrageousness of the GOP lies? Is there any limit to the capacity of a large number of our fellow citizens …