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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 …
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Not Licensed to Kill: America’s Imperious Attitude in Pakistan Is Wearing Thin
There was a truly bizarre and telling paragraph at the end of a Wall Street Journal news report today on Pakistan’s demand that the US bring home hundreds of …
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The Justice Dept. Doesn’t “Legalize” War With Secret Memos Anymore: Now They’re Public
In the good old days of Bybee and Yoo, before we let them get away with it, thereby guaranteeing worse things to come, Justice Department memos “legalizing” the crime …
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Lies About the US Civil War 150 Years Later
Tuesday marks 150 years since the start of the US Civil War. Newspapers everywhere are proclaiming it the deadliest war in US history, the costliest US war in terms …