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Marijuana “Prohibition” on California’s Ballot
Note: Families all across America have been touched in one way or another by the 37-year-old drive to eradicate marijuana use. Beyond the prison overcrowding that has resulted, many …
James Howard Kunstler | Scary People, Scary Times
In that order. The scary people have already started coming out of the woodwork.
James Howard Kunstler | Scary People, Scary Times (2)
In that order. The scary people have already started coming out of the woodwork.
“No Drama Obama” Needs a Strong Second Act
The Obama administration is a welcome change from the Bush-Cheney years. Against severe Republican opposition, President Obama has kept campaign promises to reform health care, curb Wall Street excesses, …
Business as Usual in Iraq
President Obama ceremoniously announced that US combat operations have ended in Iraq. As Democrats face an uphill battle in the upcoming midterm elections, Obama felt he had to make …
Mark Weisbrot | The Venezuelan Economy: Media Sources Get It Wrong, Again
The bulk of the media often gets pulled along for the ride when the United States government has a serious political and public relations campaign around foreign policy. But …
“Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama“
“Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama” by Will Bunch Will Bunch, the author of the brilliant Reagan biography “Tear Down This Myth,” …
E.J. Dionne Jr. | The Price of Independence
Washington - Imagine that your neighbors started getting letters describing all sorts of horrific deeds you had allegedly performed. Wouldn't you feel you had the right to know who …
Boehner Will Back Middle-Class Tax Cuts if It’s the Only Option
Washington - House Minority Leader John Boehner said Sunday he is willing to back tax cuts only for the middle class if that's the sole option he's got — …
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