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Climate Change and the Water Crisis in the US Southwest
Where and how will climate change first affect large numbers of American voters? Answering that question may be crucial to the global efforts to protect the earth’s climate. The …
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Dr. King and the Tea Party
February may have been Black History Month, but let's be honest: the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a problem. He was always challenging governments, challenging …
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The Real US National Security Budget The Figure No One Wants You to See
What if you went to a restaurant and found it rather pricey? Still, you ordered your meal and, when done, picked up the check only to discover that it …
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Central Bankers, Politicized
(Source: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, has crossed the line by acting as cheerleader for the …
The Liberal Media Strikes Again
If I hear one more person talk about the “liberal media” in America, I will probably vomit on them.
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Will ABC News’ “Made in America” Series Avoid Their Boss, Disney?
Last weekend, ABC News heavily promoted its special “Made in America” series that will run all week. From the promotions, it looks like the series will focus partly on …
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The Dangers of American Fascism
An article in the New York Times, April 9, 1944. From Henry A. Wallace, Democracy Reborn (New York, 1944), edited by Russell Lord, p. 259. …
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Biodiverse Ecological Farming is the Answer, not Genetic Engineering
Industrial globalised agriculture is heavily implicated in climate change. It contributes to the three major greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2) from the use of fossil fuels, nitrogen oxide (N2O) …
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Disinformation About The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
In Washington, before lobbyists try hard to destroy something, they first spread a great deal of disinformation about it. Thus the “End Users’ Coalition” (a front for the derivatives …
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No Other Way Out
I have watched mothers and fathers keening in grief over the frail corpses of their children in hospitals in Gaza and rural villages in El Salvador, Bosnia and Kosovo. …