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The Last Thing Medicare Needs Is More Privatization
Americans United for Change said it best in a recent e-mail: “You can’t put lipstick on a pig,” even if a Republican and Democrat are applying the red gloss …
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Triangulations of Christopher Hitchens
“Have you stopped vomiting yet, Christopher?” were the first words I ever said to Christopher Hitchens face-to-face. I’d bumped into him at some DC shindig, the type of thing …
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When Economics Gets Political
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) David Warsh finally says what someone needed to say: Friedrich Hayek is not an important figure in the …
The First Signs of an Indian Spring
A Kashmiri youth ties a scarf around his neck as he prepares to take part in a demonstration in Srinagar, India, on August 9, 2010. India has maintained hundreds …
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Seven Years After Sieges, Fallujah Struggles
Fallujah, Iraq - Fallujah still bears the scars of war; skeletons continue to be pulled from the rubble of bombed buildings, and, worse, rates of birth defects and childhood …
Super PACs, Occupy Iowa Protests and a Surging Rick Santorum: Iowa GOP Caucus Begins 2012 Race
Iowa is awash in millions of dollars of negative campaign ads funded by so-called Super PACs as voters head to their caucuses in the first real test of the …
Super PACs, Occupy Iowa Protests and a Surging Rick Santorum: Iowa GOP Caucus Begins 2012 Race (2)
Iowa is awash in millions of dollars of negative campaign ads funded by so-called Super PACs as voters head to their caucuses in the first real test of the …
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The Republican Candidates’ Economic Agenda for the 1 Percent
This Tuesday, Iowans will officially kick off the process to nominate the Republican candidate for president. A close examination of all of the GOP candidates’ records and policy …
After Iraq, US Abandons Engagement for War on Tyrants
The Iraq War may well never be over since its objective of regime change continues to dictate U.S. foreign policy and spawn endless conflicts. Nine years after the second …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Montana’s Supreme Court Blocks Citizens United Decision From Applying to State Election Laws, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Occupy Wall Street movement celebrated the New Year by reoccupying Zuccotti Park late Saturday night, natural gas “fracking” just caused an earthquake …