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How to Sustain a Revolution
Starting a revolution is like lighting a match; it risks becoming extinguished as quickly as it was lit. Sustaining a revolution, however, is like starting a fire, and ensuring …
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Bachmann Says She Will Not Continue in the Race
On the morning before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota said she was counting on a “miracle” to resurrect her faltering campaign. On the morning after, …
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Pipeline Inspector-Turned Whistleblower Calls Keystone XL a Potential “Disaster“
By forcing the White House to make a decision on the politically and environmentally-toxic Keystone XL pipeline as part of an agreement reached in December to extend the payroll …
Obama Seeks to Distance US from Israeli Attack
Washington - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are engaged in intense maneuvering over Netanyahu's aim of entangling the United States in an Israeli war against …
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Iowans Collected More Federal Benefits Than They Paid in Federal Taxes
The Iowa caucus officially takes place tonight, followed by the New Hampshire primary next week, the first two steps in the GOP’s selection of a presidential candidate. While the …
David Cobb – ‘Citizens United’ Doesn’t Fly in Big Sky State
Also see: Montana State Supreme Court: Citizens United Not Welcome Here
Arizona’s Apartheid War Against Mexican American Studies
Early on the morning of the 7th day, God wrote HB 2281; then he rested. That’s the way conservative Arizonans view this clearly unconstitutional and immoral …
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Obama to Make Recess Appointment for Head of New Consumer Protection Agency
President Obama will challenge Senate Republican foes of the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by naming Richard Cordray as its director while Congress is out of town, according …
Time Cheers the Drone War
The new issue of Time magazine promises on its cover “Essential Info for the Year Ahead.” One apparently essential report: U.S. drones are awesome. The report—written …
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Questions for 2012
There are so many unanswered questions and contradictions all around us. But like the families of alcoholics in denial we stay quiet and try not to rock the boat. …