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Iraq Invasion Revelations: Fueled Again, UK Style
Tell me again—why the invasion of Iraq? As WhoWhatWhy readers know, we don’t consider this a quaint item of obscure historical interest. We’ve reported on several different …
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Why “False Choices” Still Matter
Washington - The idea that “false choices” are distorting our politics is under attack. I want to defend the concept for both substantive and personal reasons. The …
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Washington on the Rocks: An Empire of Autocrats, Aristocrats and Uniformed Thugs Begins to Totter
In one of history’s lucky accidents, the juxtaposition of two extraordinary events has stripped the architecture of American global power bare for all to see. Last November, WikiLeaks splashed …
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Community Gardens Are a Serious Answer to Food Problems and Health
The world is faced with a difficult dilemma. Available food supply and access to this supply are out of synch. For the poorest, this is a matter of survival. …
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The Corporate State Wins Again
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk with chief of staff Bill Daley, left, and senior advisor David Plouffe in the Oval Office, on April 7, 2011. …
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A Visit to Chernobyl
Twenty-five years ago, the explosion at Chernobyl cast a radioactive cloud over Europe and a shadow around the world. Today, the tragedy at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant …
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From Democracy to Plutocracy: There’s Nothing Conservative About Governor Walker’s Autocratic Power Grab
In American politics, the past not only sticks with us, but it often provides the best definition of what's going on in the politics of the present, so it …
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A Not-So-Modest Proposal
I have a proposal. Like my earlier ones to the U.S. Department of Education and members of the appropriate congressional committees, it will almost certainly be ignored. But when …
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Why Trump Gets Traction From Trade
Donald Trump is getting traction. He is talking about trade, jobs, China, manufacturing, China, jobs, China and China — and it is resonating with a public sick of being …
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BP Is Messing With the Wrong Woman (3)
A year ago BP began filling the Gulf of Mexico with oil. Last week BP blocked a woman from entering its annual meeting. Which will …