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Op-Ed

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Social Democracy is Dead
How many nails does it require to forever whack down the coffin lid on European social democracy? It's a political tradition once animated by socialist principles, though in practice …

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Four Trillion for War – and Rising
Anyone paying attention to the costs of U.S. military action in Iraq and Afghanistan must have known that the president badly underestimated those numbers on June 22, when he …

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Shining the Spotlight on the Corporate Pay Gap
We've long known that executive pay has skyrocketed during the last 40 years — and especially during the last 20. As the Economic Policy Institute has reported, the average …

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Defending the Supremely Powerful
Washington - The United States Supreme Court now sees its central task as comforting the already comfortable and afflicting those already afflicted. If you are a large …

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Our Robotic Assassins
Washington - The skies over at least six countries are patrolled by robotic aircraft, operated by the U.S. military or the CIA, that fire missiles to carry out targeted …

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Getting Better NOW
Yeah, it gets better. But what about when some armored tank with ears is escorting you, face first, into your locker or a ditch? Or some charm-challenged …

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“Bad Teacher”: Films as Teaching Tools
(Image: Sony Pictures) Lately, it seems, Hollywood has been drilling deep for the bottom of the barrel of mediocrity. The official consensus goes: at the turn of …

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In Face of Israeli Threats, State Department Warns Flotilla Participants, Not Israel
With continued threats coming from Israel, a complaint traced to an Israeli organization aimed at docking the US boat indefinitely, and the reported sabotage of another flotilla ship, the …

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Nobody Ever Wins a Game of Economic Calvinball
Tony Harrington, 33, waits in line to talk with potential employers at a job fair in May in Bloomington, Minnesota. (Craig Lassig/The New York Times) I …

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The Militarized Surrealism of Barack Obama
It's already gone, having barely outlasted its moment — just long enough for the media to suggest that no one thought it added up to much.