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Two Blue Dogs Explain Why They Oppose Repeal
Washington - U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, co-chairman of the Blue Dog coalition of conservative Democrats, voted “no” last year when President Barack Obama's health care reform proposal came before …
Alan Grayson | Gabby Was Right, Palin Is Wrong
When I opened my web browser yesterday, at yahoo.com, there was Sarah Palin, smiling at me. “Oh, God,” I said to myself, “what has she done now?” The headline …
Tunisia’s Democratic Revolution
Whether the overthrow of the corrupt and autocratic Ben Ali regime in Tunisia in a mass civil insurrection will lead to a stable, just and democratic order remains to …
New Mexico Governor Violating Constitution for Polluters
In an effort to tackle the climate change crisis, on December 6, 2010, the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) adopted New Energy Economy's (NEE) rules to reduce greenhouse …
Dave Johnson | Filibuster Make Them Talk
The Senate is considering reforming the rules for filibusters. In the last few years the filibuster has been used so frequently that it is now conventional wisdom that "it …
David Sirota | Finding the Forgotten Majority
"There is a need for some reflection here — what is too far now? What was too far when Oklahoma City happened is accepted now. There's been a desensitizing. …
Robert Scheer | Obama Pulls a Clinton
Here we go again. When Bill Clinton suffered an electoral reversal after his first two years in office, he abruptly embraced the corporate money guys who had financed his …
Rewriting the “Tragedy of the Commons“
What cooperation and sharing have to do with saving the world.
Randall Amster | Will It Be Force … or Discourse?
In that fateful supermarket parking lot in Tucson, two drastically different forms of politics were on display, and the contrast couldn’t have been more starkly evident. On the one …
What You Can’t Measure With a Test
"'Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You …