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Did the Rich Cause the Deficit?
Washington is inundated with deficit commissions. The country has piled up a huge debt because we cut taxes for the wealthy and borrowed to make up the difference. But …
News in Brief: Jobless-Benefits Bill Rejected, and More …
Jobless-Benefits Bill Rejected
Congress Urged to Pass DREAM Act During Lame-Duck Session
Education Secretary Arne Duncan today called for Congress to pass the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, a bill that would provide certain inadmissible immigrant students …
What’s in Your Water? Nuclear Waste, Coal Slurries and Industrial Estrogen
It won't be long before the world has to confront its diminishing supply of clean water. "We've had the same amount of water on our planet since the beginning …
Guilty Until Proven Guilty: Threatening the Presumption of Innocence
Liberty versus security, that initial heated debate over the war on terror, is again rearing its head with much bravado, nowhere more so than in our nation’s courtrooms where …
Shellacked: Liberals Are More Afraid of Mobilizing Their Own Base Than They Are of the Right
The drubbing of Obama and the Democrats in the midterm elections offers many lessons. There are obvious ones, such as confirmation of the old saying, “All politics are local.” …
NATO: Following the 20th Century Into History
After more than 50 years of marriage, the partners are growing weary of one another. They give as little as possible to one another, and the world that is …
Obama: GOP Endangers US With Delay on START Treaty
Washington - President Barack Obama emphatically put his personal prestige behind the pending New START arms control treaty with Russia on Thursday, calling it a “national security imperative” that …
Republicans Are Right: Petraeus Must Testify on Afghan Review
House Republicans are demanding that General Petraeus appear in person to testify on the administration's December review of policy in the war in Afghanistan, the Politico reports. But the …
The Bush Legacy
Joining the Decider in the Rose Garden are Dark Cloud Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Karl Rove, and Alberto Gonzales. Torture, rendition, outing agent Plame, murder by preemption, theft, and illegal …