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Attacking Iran Makes No Sense, but Netanyahu Might Do It Anyway
The most strenuous objection to an Iranian attack by Israel comes from recently retired Mossad head Meir Dagan, who called attacking Iran “the stupidest thing I have ever heard.” …
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Billionaire George Soros: I Should Pay More in Taxes
President Obama’s most recent budget, released today, featured the “Buffett Rule,” named after and supported by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, which would require millionaires to pay a minimum 30 …
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Women, Oppressed by Enforced Illiteracy, Are Still Afghanistan’s Brightest Hope
An Afghan woman at a bazaar held at Camp Eggers in Afghanistan. (Photo: Petty Officer 1st Class Denise Alford) The women of Afghanistan are amazing. Despite decades …
Fracking Industry Colludes With Pennsylvania Legislature to Create Dangerous New Law
A photo of natural gas drilling in Dimock, Pennsylvania, taken in August 2009 for shaleshock.org. (Photo: Attorney Helen Slottje) Pennsylvania's state legislature has effectively signed a death …
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Infrastructure and Manufacturing in the President’s Budget
Saying the country can't “cut our way to growth,” the President has some serious infrastructure money in his budget, along with serious help for America's manufacturers. This will create …
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Obama Budget Raises Taxes on Rich to Spend on Job Creation
President Barack Obama speaks at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia, on February 13, 2012. Obama revealed a spending plan for 2013 on Monday that plans to attain …
The Right-Wing Id Unzipped
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Although Mitt Romney used the word “conservative” 19 times in a short speech at the February 10, 2012, Conservative Political Action Conference, …
Julie Doucet: How Does It Feel to Be Placed Among the Comic Greats?
This week in “Ladydrawers” (catch up here), we have the third installment of our interview with one of the most important and talented female artists in North America - …
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Adding Fuel to Syria’s Fire
Despite the widespread international denunciation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the government in Damascus continues to crack down hard on the country’s growing domestic opposition. “They are moving in …
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Wall Street on Track for Record Political Spending in Attempt to Defeat Obama
With Wall Street profits and bonuses falling and big banks cutting jobs right and left, it seems that the financial services sector would be scaling back its free-spending ways. …