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The Death of Capitalism: Is Scott Walker Helping Build a “Better World” ?
After the Great Crash of 1929, Andrew Mellon, one of the wealthiest men in America as well as Secretary of the Treasury, gave President Hoover a bit of advice …

Qaddafi Forces Shooting From Ambulances, Witnesses Say
Tripoli, Libya - An increasingly gruesome picture began to emerge Saturday of the violent tactics used by the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to quell protesters in Tripoli, the …

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Qaddafi Forces Shooting From Ambulances, Witnesses Say
A nurse comforts a patient at Al Jala Hospital in Benghazi, Libya, on February 24, 2011. (Photo: Scott Nelson / The New York Times) Tripoli, Libya - …

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Corporate Lawsuit Abuse
Not all of the bullies are in schoolyards these days — quite a few have graduated to the executive suites of corporate America. Take Charles and David …

Obama Orders Freeze on Assets of Qaddafi, His Family as UN Set to Impose Sanctions
Washington - Citing human rights abuses against peaceful demonstrators in Libya, President Barack Obama late Friday ordered that all the assets of dictator Moammar Gadhafi, his children and their …

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Obama Orders Freeze on Assets of Qaddafi, His Family as UN Set to Impose Sanctions
Washington - Citing human rights abuses against peaceful demonstrators in Libya, President Barack Obama late Friday ordered that all the assets of dictator Moammar Gadhafi, his children and their …

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Lifting the Heavy Thumb
Washington - Mike Huckabee made a great argument for gay marriage. The once and perhaps future Republican presidential candidate didn't mean it that way, of course. Actually, …

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Yes, America Still Needs Unions
“There was once a need for unions, but they've outlived their purpose,” said a nice lady interviewed on the radio in Tennessee just the other day. Annoyed by the …

Credit the Egyptian People for the Egyptian Revolution
While there will undoubtedly have to be additional popular struggle in Egypt to ensure that the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak leads to real democracy, the ouster of the …