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The Founding Fathers Versus The Gun Nuts
Sorry, gun nuts, youu2019re on the wrong side of our Founding Fathers.
Banks’ $8.5 Billion Mortgage Settlement a Mild Slap on the Wrist
James Heintz: Settlement is a drop in the bucket compared to $6.9 trillion of lost household wealth
Chuck Hagel Faces Tough Confirmation from Senate Hawks for Rejecting Party Line on Israel, Iran
A Vietnam War veteran and three-term member of the Senate, Hagel has faced criticism from right-wing foes over his positions on Israel and dealing with Iran
Putin Promotes Russia as Tax Haven – Gives Depardieu Citizenship to Flee French Income Tax
Aleksandr Buzgalin: Putin shows he is a right-wing neo-liberal politician as he promotes Russia as a paradise for the rich.
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Paul Krugman for Treasury Secretary
Dean Baker: The problem is the fact that there is no way on earth that Mr. Obama would select Paul Krugman for Treasury Secretary.
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New Year’s Resolutions for the NRA
Martha Rosenberg gives a couple of New Years Resolutions the National Riffle Association might want to pick up in 2013.
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John Kerry: “The Name of the Game is Different Now”
The cashing in of political debts, Washington's peculiar political culture, and Republicans eager for another chance to return Scott Brown, once the bankers' senator, to the Senate conspire to …
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Phony Occupy Link to Weapons Cache
News reports that link Occupy Wall Street activists to weapons bust is found to be more fluff than fact.
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On the Merits of Reading Fahrenheit 451
It is uncanny how accurately fiction can predict reality. Ray Bradbury's book is understood by many to be a commentary on censorship. It's not. In Fahrenheit 451 it's not …
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Late Stage Capitalism and the Shame Haunted Life: You Can’t Kill Trauma With a Gun
In an era of corporate-state colonization of both landscape and mental real estate, when the face of one's true oppressors is, more often than not, hidden from view, thus …