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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The New Defense Act Will Not Include an Amendment to Protect Americans From Indefinite Detention, and More
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Republicans Debating Republicans: Social Welfare Cuts
President Obama has given in to Republicans over and over again during his first four years in office. We need to remind him that he's the President.
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Nationalists Bask in a Rising Sun
A new day is dawning in Japanese politics, or so its next prime minister, the nationalist Shinzo Abe, whose grandfather served in the Tojo war cabinet, would have us …
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Education and National Security
The last week of September, 1938 was deemed “American Education Week” and for the occasion President Franklin Delano Roosevelt released a message to the citizenry. He noted that there …
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Occam’s Razor Is Needed To Explain Murder-Suicide in America
The recent tragic events at Sandy Hook elementary begs the question as to how can we ever define the type of people capable of mass murder?
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The Original 007
John Morlino speaks on his Uncle Mike, a policeman with a fading memory who holds the title as the
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North Korean Missile Test Reveals US Double Standard
Europe and the US condemns North Korea's attempts at a nuclear regime while ignoring the danger of their own nuclear investments.
Washington’s Revolving Door: As Old as Lincoln
The revolving door is lucrative; of the 119 members of Congress who left after the 2010 elections, roughly a third wound up in the lobby business.
The Racist Roots of “Right to Work” Laws
While Michigan's momentous decision has received widespread media attention, little has been said about the origins of right-to-work laws, which find their roots in extreme pro-segregationist and anti-communist elements …
Michael Moore: “Americans Kill People” – Newtown and the US Culture of Violence
We air an excerpt of an address by the legendary filmmaker Michael Moore delivered just hours after the Newtown massacre.