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Thom Hartmann | Medicare
The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. It is a place where the city of …
Daniel Ellsberg: “I Am WikiLeaks!“
Since E.D. Hirsch failed in his noble jihad to enforce Cultural Literacy, I can't assume readers are familiar with the scene in “Annie Hall” in which Woody Allen stops …
No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted
I stood with hundreds of thousands of rebellious Czechoslovakians in 1989 on a cold winter night in Prague’s Wenceslas Square as the singer Marta Kubišová approached the balcony of …
Federal Judge Rules Individual Health Care Mandate Unconstitutional
A federal judge in Virginia dealt the first major legal blow against the Obama administration's health care reform law on Monday, setting the stage for a final showdown over …
Untellable Truths
Democrats of all stripes have been so focused on details of policy that they have surrendered public political discourse to conservatives, and with it the key to the nation's …
Richard Wolff | Economic Recovery? Really? (Video)
Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and currently a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New …
Wiki Witch Hunt Reveals True Face of Government
Over the past 10 days, there has been endless palaver over the significance of Wikileaked cables showing diplomats and public officials to be somewhat less than “these like saints …
The Tax Deal and the Apocalypse
The proponents of the tax deal that President Obama and the Republicans negotiated last week have gotten out their TARP and Iraq war hysterics. All the important people are …
News in Brief: Vote on Tax Deal Is Imminent, and More
Vote on Tax Deal is Imminent House majority leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) said Monday that the House will likely vote this week on Obama's tax package, according to Politico. …
Solutions: Making Government Work
Truthout's “Solutions: Making Government Work” editor and long-time researcher, author and government watchdog Dina Rasor. Click to visit the “Solutions: Making Government Work” archive. The Solutions …