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The Planet Strikes Back
In his 2010 book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, environmental scholar and activist Bill McKibben writes of a planet so devastated by global warming that …
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My Experience Dealing With the Department of Defense Regarding Pfc. Bradley Manning Has Been Kafkaesque
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). (Photo: SEIU International) Since my initial request to visit Private First Class (Pfc.) Bradley Manning on February 4, 2011, the Department of Defense …
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The False Debate on Debt
In the ever-so-smug company of the rich and powerful, it is a given that there is never to be any expression of remorse or other acknowledgement of the pain …
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At Last: A President, Not a Ref
Washington - President Obama has finally decided to take his own side in the philosophical struggle that is the true engine of this nation's budget debate. After …
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The Country We Believe in (Video and Transcript)
Transcript below video. Good afternoon. It's great to be back at GW. I want you to know that …
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America’s Wile E. Coyote Moment
Budget repair bill protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 8th, 2011. (Photo: ra_hurd) The funniest thing about Wile E. Coyote is how far he has gone beyond …
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Food Price Volatility: What Was and Wasn’t Said in the Leaked Report to the G-20
Despite the slight dip in the FAO food price index in March, global food prices still remain 37 percent higher than they were at this time last year. In …
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Medicare for Beginners
This isn’t a post explaining how Medicare works in detail. It’s a post about why Medicare matters to you.
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Late to the Game, Again
Washington - I'm no sports nut but I've spent enough time at kids' soccer games to understand that it's impossible to score if you're playing on the wrong side …
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Two Unreasonable Women
They're back. Actually, they never left, they just laid low while the heat of political anger blew over. They are the schemers and scammers of Wall Street …