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The GOPs Tunnel Vision
Washington - Don't fall for it. There's no “new tone” coming from the Republican-controlled House. It's just a remix of the same old song. Anyone who watched …
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Cantor Votes to Rebuild Iraq, Refuses to Rebuild America
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) voted for over $120 billion to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan, funds that were used to construct and repair schools, roads, bridges, and other critical …
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A Dream? A Lie? Or Something Worse?
Given what I've been writing for the past few years about upward mobility and the state of “the American Dream,” it doesn't come as a surprise to me that …
Counter-Memory and the Politics of Loss After 9/11
To address our collapsing intellectual and moral visions, we must reclaim and re-imagine those moments of compassion, social relations and democratic ideals that surfaced briefly after 9/11.
Graphic Evidence of Inequality
In the last installment of Ladydrawers we looked at some statistics culled from some recently published comics - all from last spring! - that painted a pretty dire overall …
Crowd at GOP Debate: Society Should Let the Uninsured Die
As Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) responded to a question about how he would help a 30-year-old man without health insurance who needs intensive treatment, the crowd cheered when moderator …
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CREDO Mobile, Warren Buffet and the Limits of Progressive Business
Two web petitions showed up in progressive inboxes last week. One, organized by Daily Kos in support of striking Verizon workers, was blasted out by “alternative” cell service provider …
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America’s Self-Inflicted Decline
Melbourne - If the broad post-World War II prosperity that has endured for six decades comes to an end, both the United States and Europe will be responsible. With …
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Ben Bernanke’s Dream World
Berkeley - US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke is not regarded as an oracle in the way that his predecessor, Alan Greenspan, was before the financial crisis. But …
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A Personal Encounter: Sorrow, History and Catastrophe in Japan After the Tsunami and Nuclear Meltdown
When my marriage ends I am in the middle of reading Norwegian Wood. Traumatized by the news that Naoko, the enigmatic and troubled woman he loves, has committed suicide, Murakami’s …