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China’s Economy Not Looking So Hot
These days, China seems to play much the same role in American public discourse that Japan did two decades ago. We Americans look at our own economic follies — …
Haley Barbour’s Revisionist History
In a recent article in The Weekly Standard entitled “The Boy from Yazoo City,” Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) and a potential 2012 …
New Orleans Dumps FEMA Trailers – and Maybe the People in Them
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered on his promise to shut down the remaining FEMA trailers in the city, though not in the way struggling residents would have hoped. …
Eugene Robinson | Health Care Melodrama
Washington - If the incoming Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is serious about trying to repeal health care reform, there's only one appropriate Democratic response: "Make my …
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Administration Prepares to Defy Efforts to Limit Obama’s Options for Guantanamo
Obama administration officials say they plan to reject Congressional efforts to limit the president's options on Guantanamo, setting the stage for a confrontation between the president and the new …
Breaking the Israel-Palestine Deadlock
While intensively engaged in illegal settlement expansion, the government of Israel is also seeking to deal with two problems: a global campaign of what it perceives as “delegitimation” – …
Breaking the Israel-Palestine Deadlock
While intensively engaged in illegal settlement expansion, the government of Israel is also seeking to deal with two problems: a global campaign of what it perceives as “delegitimation” – …
Massachusetts is Latest State to Target Greenhouse Gases
State thinks it can slash emissions without new programs. So, now Massachusetts has joined the list of states that aren't waiting for Congress to turn this country away from …
Right-Wing Bloggers Use Terror Attack To Launch Another False Attack Against Obama
Conservative bloggers are denouncing President Obama for his statement condemning a terrorist attack against a church in Egypt on New Year's Day. These bloggers are falsely claiming that, in …