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Shell Wants to Sail With a Record That is Totally Stale (2)
I’m an artist. I love art. I create art. I get upset when someone tries to denigrate the very meaning of art. So I was outraged when I learned …
Murder is Legal, Says Eric Holder
Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday explained why it's legal to murder people — not to execute prisoners convicted of capital crimes, not to shoot someone in self-defense, not …
Capitalism’s New Money Addicts
Growing sectors of Capital are becoming addicts—dependant on virtually free money from central banks, from Europe to the USA to Japan. That means, in particular, banks, financial intermediaries, stock …
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Back to the Parallel Primary
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Would the Kochs Rather Attack Me Than Stop Cancer? (2)
The Violence of Andrew Breitbart
If nothing else, Breitbart lived his work out loud.
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A Brief History of the Education Culture Wars: On Santorum’s Legacy, the GOP and School Reform
Rick Santorum speaking at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Judging by the applause lines at GOP campaign stops and debates this winter, …
Economic Recovery for Whom?
(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) We expect ever-grosser competitive lying from the presidential primary candidates. We should expect no less from the media “analysts,” politicians and …
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For First Time in 16 Years, Kucinich Loses His Seat
In a primary faceoff between two veteran Democratic incumbents, voters in Ohio delivered a victory to Representative Marcy Kaptur, a progressive from Toledo, over Representative Dennis J. Kucinich, leaving …