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Jim Hightower | Forget the Tea Party, This Is the Champagne Party!
Look out, they're angry. Foaming-at-the-mouth angry. And they're lashing out, saying they won't take it anymore. As one of their leaders angrily cried, “It's a war.” Indeed — they're …
Health Insurers Banking on Tea Party to Poison Election
The health insurance industry is spending millions to influence the implementation of health care reform, but thanks to a groundbreaking Supreme Court decision and lax campaign finance laws, the …
News in Brief: House Still Waiting for Senate Action on 400-Plus Bills, and More
House Still Waiting for Senate Action on 400-Plus Bills
Karl Rove Group Spends Big in Election 2010, but Is It Legal?
Karl Rove, the veteran GOP strategist who helped put George W. Bush in the White House, is looking to become a big player in Election 2010, helping to fund …
Michael Winship | Making Ends Meet in Coin-Operated Washington
So, I am in Washington, DC, our nation's capitol, admiring the buildings and the fine monuments and so forth, when I run into my very dear friend Gorilla Bagsley, …
This Modern World: Conservative Jones – Ladies Man!
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The US Navy: War Games Under Americans’ Radar
During the Bush administration - it continues under Obama - the Department of the Navy (DON) divided the coasts and oceans into a series of “testing range complexes” (TRC) …
Robert Pollin | Austerity Is Not a Solution: Why the Deficit Hawks Are Wrong (Video)
Wall Street hyper-speculation brought the global economy to its knees in 2008-09. To prevent a 1930s-level Depression, economic policymakers throughout the world enacted extraordinary measures. These included large-scale fiscal …
Ruth Marcus | Harvest Champion of the Court
Washington - Just in time for the opening of the Supreme Court's new term arrives a biography of one of history's most influential justices. The subtitle chosen by Seth …
The Bomb and the Drone: Hiroshima/Nagasaki and Iraq/Afghanistan/Pakistan
Even though August 6 and 9 are past, the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki belong always before us. The agony of those two cities must remain our dark beacon. …