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A New Propaganda Push From the War Profiteers
Since the deficit committee officially failed to produce a plan as of last week, expect the war profiteer spin to hit the fan. Here’s an early warning of what …
Playing With Fire: Obama’s Risky Oil Threat to China
When it comes to China policy, is the Obama administration leaping from the frying pan directly into the fire? In an attempt to turn the page on two …
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Clear Channel to Replace San Francisco’s Only AM Progressive Talk Station With Glenn Beck and Fox
The only progressive AM radio talk station, Green960-KKGN, in one of the nation's most liberal cities, San Francisco, is being taken off the AM dial by radio behemoth Clear …
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Lionizing Wealthy Americans, Rather Than Taxing Them
(Photo: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) A new paper on optimal taxes in the latest edition of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, by the …
New Petition on White House Web Site to Enforce Whistleblower Protections
White House, Washington, DC. The White House, Washington, DC. Nuclear Safety Engineer Paul Carson, a prominent whistleblower, has initiated a petition on the White House web site calling …
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In the Euro Zone, Looming Catastrophe
In an online post titled “Self-Serving Myths of Europe’s Neo-Calvinists,” Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, an editor at the British newspaper The Telegraph, sends us to a very good essay from the …
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Supreme Court to Consider the Arrest of a Cheney Critic
Washington - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Secret Service agents protecting Vice President Dick Cheney may be sued for violating the free speech rights of …
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Obama to Echo Theodore Roosevelt in a Big Thematic Speech on Tuesday
Washington - Franklin Roosevelt had the New Deal. Harry Truman had the Fair Deal. John Kennedy had the New Frontier. Now President Barack Obama takes his stab at wrapping …
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How to Draw Comics the New 52 Way: Women Get “Fridged” Again
Earlier this year, DC Comics announced it would “re-boot” its entire spate of 52 monthly superhero books and start all storylines from scratch, with all new creators. The radical …