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Disrupted Economy and Disruptive Technology
We have seen residential housing lose what little steam it had built up. Jobs numbers, due Friday, are likely to show moderation in the pace of new job creation. …
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Obama Deregulates GMO Crops Despite Supreme Court Injunction
Early this spring, while the world was distracted by Egypt’s uprising, President Barack Obama pushed the Secretary of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to deregulate genetically engineered …
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From Civil Disobedience to Civil Defiance
School of the Americas (SOA) Watch protesters in Ft. Benning, Georgia, November 22, 2009. (Photo: alexis.lassus) Over the years, I've been jailed numerous times. Each such event …
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Diagnosing New Inflation Symptoms
It's been more than three years since the Great Recession began, and it's no longer debatable that the federal spending in its wake did not provoke inflation. Years of …
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The Truth About the American Economy
Lisa Stauber and her daughter, Aliaanna, one, with index cards she uses to track grocery prices at her home in Houston, on March 26, 2011. (Photo: Michael Stravato / …
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Pakistan’s Road to China
An elderly man sells pastries to a gathering crowd outside the compound where Osama bin Laden was reportedly killed in Abottabad, Pakistan, May 4, 2011. (Photo: Warrick Page / …
The Revenge Killing of Osama bin Laden
President Obama announced that “justice has been done.” Many did not agree – even close allies.
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For Sale: The Desperate States of America
While we have been frantically playing defense against relentless assaults on multiple fronts, from anti-union legislation to draconian anti-choice laws to the attempted privatization of Medicare, the selling off …
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The Thousand-Yard Stare
“Another friend committed suicide after coming home from Iraq. I spoke at his funeral today.” The voice on the phone is that of a friend. This friend …
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The Debt Ceiling as a Bargaining Chip
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) How bad will it be if we don’t manage to raise the debt ceiling in the United States? …