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Closing BP’s Escape Routes
BP generates enough cash to absorb its liabilities from the oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico. But that doesn't mean it will. One of the benefits of the …
Dean Baker | Wall Street Congratulates Washington: A Job Well Done
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman is well known for pretentious columns that consist of letters that he suggests some prominent person write. I licensed Friedman's literary tool in …
Real News Journalist Attacked at G20
Editors Note: On Saturday, June 26 at the G20 summit in Toronto, Canada, video journalist Jesse Freeston of The Real News Network was assaulted by police while filming peaceful …
James Howard Kunstler | Say What?
I think America missed something. It must be the time of year, what with inhaling all those fumes from the charcoal starter... and fueling up the Jet-skis so as …
United Nations Attacks Refugee Camp, Protests Mount
Recently, the United Nations peacekeeping mission fired tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowded refugee camp, leaving at least six hospitalized and others suffering respiratory problems. Citizen organizations …
E. J. Dionne, Jr. | Whose Supreme Court Is It?
Washington - This week's hearings over Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court will mark a sea change in the way liberals argue about the judiciary. Democratic senators are …
William J. Astore | Leave Afghanistan Now
Winston Churchill's memorable quotation, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few," captured the nobility of the RAF's performance protecting …
Feds Won’t Charge Blackwater in Sudan Sanctions Case
Washington - The security contractor Blackwater Worldwide tried for two years to secure lucrative defense business in Southern Sudan while the country was under U.S. economic sanctions, according to …
Robert Dreyfuss | The Land Where Theories of Warfare Go to Die: Obama, Petraeus, and the Cult of COIN in Afghanistan
Less than a year ago, General David Petraeus saluted smartly and pledged his loyal support for President Obama's decision to start withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan in July 2011. …
“We’re F*#!ing Losing This Thing.“
With all the drama around General McChrystal’s resignation, the media missed the real story in the explosive Rolling Stone article: "...[W]e're f****ing losing this thing." —Staff Sergeant Kennith …