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Peak Oil and a Changing Climate: An Introduction (Video)
The scientific community has long agreed that our dependence on fossil fuels inflicts massive damage on the environment and our health, while warming the globe in the process. But …
2011: Jobs Versus The Deficit
The roadmaps showing the way out of our 1.4 trillion dollar federal deficit almost always begin at the same starting points. During 2010, it became taken-for-granted that today's record-setting …
Boehner Pleads for Civility as New Congress Convenes
Washington - Ohio Rep. John Boehner is to become Speaker of the House Wednesday afternoon, and plans to set a conciliatory tone by telling the nation “The American people …
Juan Cole | Wrong Again, Senator Graham
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., repeated on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday his hope that the United States can maintain at least two permanent air bases in Afghanistan. He …
First, Your Shoes; Next, Your DNA
Elliot Cohen's reputation for prescient reporting precedes his new book, “Mass Surveillance and State Control: The Total Information Awareness Project.” In 2007, years before today's comparatively widespread coverage of …
2004 RNC “Vote Cager,” Disgraced US Attorney Rep.-Elect Tim Griffin Assigned to House Judiciary Committee
Once again proving the well-worn axiom IOKIYAR (“It's okay if you're a Republican”), disgraced former U.S. Attorney, Karl Rove protege and the Republican Party's 2004 vote cager, Tim Griffin …
Righting an Ugly Wrong: Compassion or Just Crass Political Calculation?
An outrageous assertion by a potential presidential candidate who praised a group which had notoriously and openly supported racial segregation played a role in finally righting one of the …
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Announces Resignation, and More
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Announces Resignation ... White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is set to resign in February, reports The AP. While "Gibbs is …
King Won’t Give Up His Government Health Care, but Applauds Those Who Do “for Standing on Principle“
As ThinkProgress has noted, despite spending the past year and a half railing against government healthcare, just five Republican members of the 112th Congress have been willing to forgo …
Blighted Biomass Crop Assistance Program Begins Again
A program to financially assist producers of renewable biomass crops is scheduled to restart, despite problems that led to its termination in April 2010. An inspector general report is …