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Will Obama Say Yes to Afghan Peace Talks?
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is coming to Washington next week to meet with President Obama. Afghan government officials have said that their top priority for these talks is to …
David Ignatius: CIA’s Senior Apologist Strikes Again (2)
David Ignatius, The Washington Post's self-appointed apologist for the Central Intelligence Agency, has struck again. Last year, Ignatius argued that it was “just plain nuts” to investigate the CIA's …
Kent State and the Frisbee Revolution
I was a freshman at Georgetown University when it happened, 40 years ago on May 4. Most of us didn't know what had taken place until late in the …
Rachel Maddow | Interview With Dean Baker on Bikini Graph Friday (VIDEO)
Rachel Maddow reviews the lastest positive job statistics for April and talks about the abrupt and dramatic drop and rise in the stock market this week with Dean Baker, …
California Assembly Approves Protection for Homeless (2)
Californians' civil right to be homeless would be given new legal protection under legislation approved Thursday by the Assembly. Basically, the measure would deem violence against homeless people or …
Some Bullies Just Want to Be Loved (2)
Bullies have been an accepted, if unpleasant, part of childhood for generations. Although anti-bullying laws are increasingly common, and schools often have programs for dealing with bullies, this adolescent …
Economics: How to Cure a Sick Discipline
America's financial mess and our festering trade crisis were both caused by bad policies that mainstream economics told us were O.K. This has made the public cynical about economists, …
Some Bullies Just Want to Be Loved
Bullies have been an accepted, if unpleasant, part of childhood for generations. Although anti-bullying laws are increasingly common, and schools often have programs for dealing with bullies, this adolescent …
As BP Oil Spill Fight Continues, More Areas Closed to the Public
With confirmed sightings of oil across a 50-mile chain of islands that line Louisiana's Southwestern coast, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) has ordered the affected area closed …
California Assembly Approves Protection for Homeless
Californians' civil right to be homeless would be given new legal protection under legislation approved Thursday by the Assembly. Basically, the measure would deem violence against homeless people or …