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Stewart Udall, RIP
I cannot claim to be an expert on Stewart Udall, the Arizona Congressman, conservationist, supporter of environmentalist Casandra Rachel Carson, and interior secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson who …
Are Greedy Water Bottlers Siphoning Your City’s Drinking Water?
It took six years for residents of tiny McCloud, California, to give Nestle Waters North America its walking papers.
E.J. Dionne Jr. | Will True Conservatives Stand Up?
Washington - Every nation needs an intelligent and constructive form of conservatism. The debate over the health care bill, which mercifully came to a close on Sunday night, was …
Ignore Your Local Pundit
That the Democratic Party will lose seats in the Senate and the House is now received wisdom across the political spectrum. Forget received. It's been filed, stamped, indexed and …
Collateral Damages of Smart Sanctions
In contradistinction to war, sanctions are widely portrayed as necessary, almost a healthy medicine to bring about change in the opponent’s policies. However, as the history of the West–Iran …
PTSD Claims Rise Among Veterans Treated at VA, New Research to Study PTSD and TBI
New statistics show that the number of Iraq and Afghanistan veteran patients being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and who have had PTSD claims approved increased. Also, new …
“Avatar” Hits the Campaign Trail in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro - The Green Party candidate for president of Brazil, environmentalist Marina Silva, is seeking the support of filmmaker James Cameron, winner of three Oscars for his …
Michael Moore | How the People in My District Got Stupak to Change His Mind – and Thus Saved the Health Care Bill
Friends, Well, our full court press on my congressman, Bart Stupak worked! Hundreds of my neighbors here in his Michigan district spent the weekend organizing thousands of voters to …
Benjamin Netanyahu the Intransigent
Former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban once said that the Palestinians “never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” Well, the same can be said for the Israelis and …
Keith Olbermann: GOP Self-Destruction Imminent
The party's obsolete ideas will undermine it's relevance. TRANSCRIPT: Finally as promised, a Special Comment in the wake of the passage of Health Care Reform and it's a first …