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Andrew Bacevich on Changing Our Military Mindset
Nine years after Baghdad erupted in “shock and awe,” we're once again hearing in America the drumbeat for war in the Middle East. Now, the bull's-eye is on Iran. …
The Paul Ryan Rorschach Test
Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan did a great public service when he released …
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Supreme Court Health Care Arguments to Begin Monday
The United States Supreme Court Building. (Photo: David Baron) Washington - The circus surrounding the Supreme Court health care arguments this week will begin before dawn Monday. Demonstrators will …
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Nuclear Alert
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Chris Hedges | Totalitarian Systems Always Begin by Rewriting the Law
Chris Hedges speaks at Occupy DC, January 9, 2012. (Photo: Shrieking Tree) I spent four hours in a third-floor conference room at 86 Chambers St. in Manhattan on …
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It’s a Stretch
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Occupy Should Force Obama’s Hand on Jobs
A lot of us Occupiers everywhere smiled or cheered at the successful impact the movement's overarching goal - more economic, social and political equality between the 1 percent and …
Breaking Glass Ceiling Against Compassionate Expertise, Obama Taps Jim Yong Kim to Lead World Bank
President Obama has nominated Jim Yong Kim, a physician who has been a leader of efforts to extend access to health care in poor countries, to lead the World …
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Arizona’s Curriculum Battles: A 500-Year Civilizational War
The censorship, banned curriculums and banned books in Arizona, are subject to much spin, which often lacks a grasp of the bigger and more ominous picture. These actions in …
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Health Care Jujitsu
Not surprisingly, today’s debut Supreme Court argument over the so-called “individual mandate” requiring everyone to buy health insurance revolved around epistemological niceties such as the meaning of a “tax,” …