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Why Iceland Voted “No“
About 75% of Iceland's voters turned out on Saturday to reject the Social Democratic-Green government's proposal to pay $5.2 billion to the British and Dutch bank insurance agencies for …
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My Medicare Deficit Solution
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) David Brooks, perhaps realizing that it was a bad idea to swallow a politician’s PR bullet points whole, is now backpedaling. The …
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For Alan Greenspan, Redemption, and Wisdom, Remain Elusive
Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve. (Credit: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times) Some people have asked me for reactions to a piece by Alan Greenspan …
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The President Misses an Opportunity to Get the Country on the Right Course
President Obama announced the outlines of his deficit plan, leaving a lot up for negotiation. He planted his poll at the center right and where he ends up, with …
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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 …