Truthout
Op-Ed
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For Emerging Economies, a Dilemma Becomes a “Trilemma“
(Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Vladimir Putin says we’re hooligans; Brazil accuses the United States of engaging in “currency wars”; and the Chinese are, …
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A Matter of Conscience
Washington - Let's suppose the new doping allegations against cyclist Lance Armstrong are true. Should his seven Tour de France victories be marked with an asterisk, or even erased? …
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On “Teaching Gay Marriage“
Opponents of gay marriage - which is to say, opponents of equal rights, equal protection, and equality of social life for gay, lesbian, transgender, and non-heterosexual individuals - always …
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The Merging of Government and Industry
The 20th century was the bloodiest and most violent in human history. This led some countries to fascism - a system characterized by the state and large business becoming …
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The Underclass Won’t Wait to Join Obama’s “Everybody“
I call him Class Warrior. He stands in front of me at a Circle K station. He is an outsider, excluded from the winnings market free play has placed …
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All Eyes on the Storm
In 1954, E.B. White wrote a piece in The New Yorker about a hurricane hitting his part of Maine. The moment it left Boston, he notes in "The Eye …
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The Gingrich Style
It is hard to see why anyone was surprised by Newt Gingrich's self-ignited implosion in the earliest hours of his presidential candidacy. The career of the former House speaker …
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House GOP Goes After Tax Overpayments to Low-Income Families, Lets Tax-Dodging Corporations Off the Hook
In a hearing this morning, the House Ways and Means Committee examined “improper payments” made in the Earned Income Tax Credit program, which distributed $64 billion in refundable tax …
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Confronting the System Through Taxation
IRS 1040 forms at a post office, April 14, 2011. (Photo: Steven Depolo) Each year, unknown thousands of law-abiding American citizens refuse to pay taxes, driven by …
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What’s Left of the Ryan Plan?
Jennifer Steinhauer in the Times reports that some Republicans are running away from the Ryan Plan (you know, the one that changes Medicare from a health insurance plan to …