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Bush-Appointed Federal Judge Tosses Out Challenge to Health Reform
Judge Roger Vinson’s error-filled opinion was one of the biggest news stories this week, at times even overshadowing the revolution underway in Egypt. Yet another opinion signed by George …

Egypt Through the Rearview Mirror
One of the rituals associated with being a staffer for the president of the United States or a cabinet officer is briefing your boss to be prepared to answer …

Controversy Over Meaning and Timing of Oil Pipeline Report
Washington - Allowing a Canadian company to construct a third oil sands pipeline through the nation's heartland could eventually eliminate U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil, while having little …

#DearJohn Campaign Exposes H.R. 3 and Democratic Support for Anti-Abortion Legislation (Video)
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Egyptian Government Figures Join Protesters
Cairo - With signs of fracturing within Egypt’s ruling elite, hundreds of thousands of people packed Cairo’s central Tahrir Square on Friday, chanting slogans, bowing in prayer and waving …

Extreme Weather Report From Santa Fe
People across half of the US just experienced unprecedented cold, snow and ice brought in by a record setting winter storm. Climate deniers have been wondering, we thought it's …

Ellen Brown | The Egyptian Tinderbox: How Banks and Investors Are Starving the Third World
“What for a poor man is a crust, for a rich man is a securitized asset class.” -Futures trader Ann Berg, quoted in The Guardian UK. Underlying the sudden, …

Ruth Marcus | Countering the Usurpers
Washington - The serious news, such as it was, out of President Obama's remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast concerned the escalating violence in Egypt. The fun news was …

The Dirty Truth About Natural Gas and Energy Innovation
The argument against natural gas got a boost this week, when a congressional investigation turned up evidence that oil and gas companies were using diesel gas to extract gas …

Joe Conason | ElBaradei a Bad Guy? Don’t Listen to the American Right
To his fellow Egyptians and to most observers across the world, Mohamed ElBaradei looks like a hero — an international diplomat who might well have lived out his days …