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James Howard Kunstler | What If He’s Right?
Just when America was celebrating the provisional end of BP's Macondo oil blowout, and getting back to important issues like Kim Kardashian's body-suit collection, along comes Matthew Simmons with …
News in Brief: Well Cap May Not Be Viable, and More
Well Cap May Not Be Viable
Next Up on Unfinished Senate Agenda: Unemployment Insurance
Once Democrat Carte Goodwin is sworn in Tuesday to replace the late Sen. Robert Byrd, Senate Democrats will have the votes to try again to extend unemployment insurance to …
National Actions Against Billionaire Pritzkers and the Hyatt Hotel Chain
On June 9, blue-chip Hyatt stockholders anxiously anticipating dividend announcements that would, perhaps, justify a nice evening on the town - maybe in one of the city's acclaimed five-star …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | The Socialist Who Coddles Business?
Washington - The titans of the private sector say President Obama is anti-business. Many progressives say he coddles business. How does the administration manage to pull that off? The …
Hillary Clinton’s Pakistan Trip: More Talk, Less Action
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Pakistan visit will go beyond negotiating tactics ahead of this week's Afghanistan conference. It will aim to move the relationship beyond US pressure to …
Calling All Future-Eaters
The human species during its brief time on Earth has exhibited a remarkable capacity to kill itself off. The Cro-Magnons dispatched the gentler Neanderthals. The conquistadors, with the help …
A New View of Why Women Shun Science Careers
It’s a nagging question that has long haunted the equality-minded world of academia: Why are women so underrepresented in the fields of science and technology? Do they simply have …
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Managed News: Inside the US/NATO Military-Industrial-Media Empire
We face what appears to be a military industrial media empire so powerful and complex that truth is mostly absent or reported in disconnected segments with little historical context. …