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David Sirota | To Deter Crime, Get Tough on Wall Street
Often, the most provocative ideas arise after swigs of whiskey. This is especially true when a Rolling Stone reporter is around — and, as I recently learned, it's all …
Eugene Robinson | Why Granny Gets Searched
Washington - It's hard to love the Transportation Security Administration, especially now that airport personnel seem so intent on touching people's junk. But the TSA's job isn't to be …
Debt Commission
Thom Hartmann | Roll Back the Reagan Tax Cuts
You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessings. - Andrew Jackson When I was in Denmark in 2008 doing my radio show for a …
McCaskill Questions Government Agencies’ PR Spending
Washington - Sen. Claire McCaskill wants to know how many federal agencies have used tax dollars to hire public relations consultants to “spin” their images — and why. What …
Consequences of the Financial Crisis: The Responsibility of the State
The public discussion about the root causes and consequences of the financial crisis seems to be over before it really began. In Europe, the discourse focuses on the astonishing …
UN Troops in Haiti – Timetable for Withdrawal?
This week, there have been several days of protests in Haiti against the presence of United Nations troops in the country. The immediate catalyst has been the widespread belief …
Let’s Bury Hitler
In 1946, a year after the end of World War II, George Orwell had already buried Hitler, at least linguistically, in his famous essay "Politics and the English Language": …
Power and the Tiny Acts of Rebellion
There is no hope left for achieving significant reform or restoring our democracy through established mechanisms of power. The electoral process has been hijacked by corporations. The judiciary has …
News in Brief: Some States Consider Ending Medicaid for the Poor, and More
Some States Consider Ending Medicaid for the Poor