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The Age of Activism
The world is convulsed in protest. In recent months, people have filled the streets in the Middle East, the Balkans, Africa, and many parts of the United States. Their …
Michigan Law Would Overturn Local Democracy, Shred Contracts
On March 8 a thousand Michiganders—including firefighters, teachers, office workers, health care workers, auto workers and steelworkers—rallied at the state Capitol in Lansing, filling all three floors of the …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | Obama’s Audacity Deficit on Guns
Washington - “My administration has not curtailed the rights of gun owners,” the president boasted, "it has expanded them, including allowing people to carry their guns in national parks …
US Calls Radiation “Extremely High;" Sees Japan Nuclear Crisis Worsening
Washington - The chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave a far bleaker appraisal on Wednesday of the threat posed by Japan’s nuclear crisis than the Japanese …
The Toll Road to Serfdom
If you want to experience a real disconnect, find out how highway privation actually works and then read the glowing raves by infrastructure privatization boosters. They claim that privatization …
What “Free Trade” Has Cost the World
If you take a job away from someone who is paid a reasonable wage because they enjoy the protections and prosperity of democratic government, move it across a border, …
Washington Smackdown: Petraeus vs. “Substantial Drawdown“
Gen. David Petraeus spoke yesterday before the Senate Armed Services Committee, and is speaking today before the House Armed Services Committee, selling Congress a “progress” story about the war …
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Failure to Open “New Chapter of Engagement” Will Dog President Obama on Visit to Latin America
When President Obama embarks on his trip to Latin America this week, he will encounter a very different political environment than he found at the Summit of the Americas …
Call the GOP on Lies
We’ve all heard that China owns a large share of our national debt. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office recently reported that China owns about 9.8% of our $13.5 …