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Final Health Care Bill Vote Due “As Early As Next Week” (2)
Nearly a year after Democrats introduced legislation to reform the health care industry - first by flirting with the prospect of having a government-run program to compete with private …
Final Health Care Bill Vote Due As Early As Next Week
Nearly a year after Democrats introduced legislation to reform the health care industry - first by flirting with the prospect of having a government-run program to compete with private …
To Teach Is to Seduce
To be a good teacher, must one be an erudite academic or a perceptive pedagogue? The debate is endless. Jean-Paul Brighelli brings a new element to the discussion: knowing …
What Torture Is and Why It’s Illegal and Not “Poor Judgment“
It's now over three weeks since veteran Justice Department (DOJ) lawyer David Margolis dashed the hopes of those seeking accountability for the Bush administration's torturers, but this is a …
Six Democratic Senators Poised to Kill Student Loan Reform
Graduating from college is a great feeling. Not so great: being saddled with $23,200 in student loans, the average debt owed by graduates of the class of 2008, according …
Taboo Thwarts Candor on Israel/Iran
Participants at an otherwise informative discussion on “Iran at a Crossroads” at the Senate on Wednesday seemed at pains to barricade the doors against the proverbial elephant being admitted …
David Sirota | The Tax War Goes Online
Is the Internet everywhere or is it nowhere? This question will strike many readers as a navel-gazing exercise in post-modern existential inquiry, prompting reflections on the 21st-century meaning of …
Ask the Chamber of Commerce: Why Is Too Much Not Enough?
Living in these United States, there comes a point at which you throw your hands up in exasperation and despair and ask a fundamental question or two: how much …
The People’s Nuclear Posture Review
Who decides our national and nuclear policy? (a) REQUIREMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW. "In order to clarify United States nuclear deterrence policy and strategy for the near term, the Secretary …
Gazans Struggle to Keep Farming a Family Tradition
Trying to make a living as a farmer in Gaza these days is taking a toll on the family ties so integral to the Palestinian culture. Traditionally, occupations are …