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Budget Bunk: The Old Pox-on-Both-Your-Houses Game
In Washington, all serious people routinely write columns in which they set themselves above the political fray and pronounce the Republicans and Democrats equally to blame for political gridlock …
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How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Taxes
The offices of Braeburn Capital, an Apple subsidiary that manages and invests Apple's cash, in Reno, Nevada, February 17, 2012. Nevada has a corporate tax rate of zero, as …
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Obama’s Climate Change Promise: A Feeble Charm Offensive
The recent rise in gas prices has unsurprisingly become a salient issue this election season. Republicans are predictably haranguing the Obama administration’s “outrageously anti-American” energy policy, as the national …
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Labor Leaders Question Contractor’s Hiring Practices
At 6:15 a.m. on Friday, April 20th, the back parking lot of the Staybridge Suites in Vancouver, Washington is filled with work trucks parked in between vans with Texas …
Cigarette Companies and Their Underhanded Tactics
(Photo: guitargirl8022) The world’s biggest cigarette companies made their case in the [Australian] High Court, battling the Federal Government’s attempts to impose plain packaging on their product, fearful it …
If You – and the Yes Men – Owned Bank of America
An interview with Yes Man Andy Bichlbaum on his latest prank against Bank of America and why every protest needs some fun. Last week, a press release was released …
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The Vision Thing: Keeping Union Reform on Track
Reformers take over at the union hall. They’re sick of seeing management run roughshod over the local, so they put together a slate and a plan to mobilize the …
Understanding Iran’s Diplomatic Strategy
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Jose Marti Airport in Havana, on January 11, 2012. (Photo: Jose Goitia / The New York Times)In January 2009, just before Gary Samore …
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South Carolina Republicans Step in Line Behind Romney
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, April 27, 2012. (Photo: Ty William Wright / The New …
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Health Spending Is Flattening Out
(Photo: presta) Washington - The growth of health spending has slowed substantially in the last few years, surprising experts and offering some fuel for optimism about the federal government’s …