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Robert Scheer | Verify, Baby, Verify
“Drill, baby, drill!” Those were the words that Sarah Palin used to electrify the 2008 Republican National Convention. But while she popularized that environment-be-damned slogan, it had already defined …
Robert Scheer | Verify, Baby, Verify (2)
“Drill, baby, drill!” Those were the words that Sarah Palin used to electrify the 2008 Republican National Convention. But while she popularized that environment-be-damned slogan, it had already defined …
Criminal Charges Likely From Gulf Oil Spill, Legal Experts Say
Washington - Federal investigators are likely to file criminal charges against at least one of the companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico spill, raising the prospects of significantly …
Joe Conason | Obama’s Feminist Touch
Someday, when Americans have learned to live the true meaning of our creed, a Supreme Court nomination of a woman, a Latino, an African-American or any other variety of …
Uh-Oh: Hurricane Season and the BP Oil Rig Disaster
One thing you don't hear much mention of in all the coverage of the BP oil rig blowout that is now pouring 210,000 gallons of oil a day into …
Froma Harrop | Gulf Shrimpers Had Economic Interests, Too
A pile of beautiful Gulf shrimp beckoned from the fish counter, and I thought, better buy them soon. Louisiana shrimpers are now trying to grab all they can get …
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Has an Oscar Saved Japan’s Dolphins?
Despite efforts by the Japanese government and the U.S. military to ban and cancel screenings of the documentary “The Cove” in Japan, director Louie Psihoyos says it will not …
Red State Road Trip 2 – Detroit, Necropolis Reborn (Video Part IX)
Detroit - Once a 20th century industrial dynamo, now an 18th century rural society? Pheasants and deer wander among the rusting towers and ruined factories as nature reclaims this …
Obama, Karzai Say Past Differences “Were Simply Overstated“
Washington - President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought Wednesday to project a unified front on defeating the Taliban-led insurgency, acknowledging past differences but insisting that reports …