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Alexander Cockburn | Time for a Real Mutiny
So much for 2010 as the year of mutiny, when the American people rose up and said, “Enough! Throw the bums out!” As the dust finally clears after the …
Joe Conason | On Earmarks
It isn't the earmarks, stupid. Bullying Republican Senate leaders into a “voluntary” ban on earmarks may represent a political triumph for the tea party movement, but as a measure …
William J. Astore | Scope or Grope? The Wrong Approach to Homeland Security
It's that time of the year again: Thanksgiving week, when Americans take to the roads and the air to visit kith and kin and to give thanks. Too bad …
Robert Reich | Why the Lame-Duck Congress Must Extend Jobless Benefits for Hard-Hit Families, but Not Tax Cuts for the Rich
America’s long-term unemployed — an estimated 4 million or more — constitute the single newest and biggest social problem facing America. Now their unemployment benefits are about to run …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | Calling the Bluff on Deficits
Washington - Ronald Reagan (bless his sense of humor) loved to say that the problem with his administration was that the right hand didn't know what the far right …
Sins of Commissions: What $1 Billion Can’t Buy
Poor Peter Peterson, he spent $1 billion to foster public knowledge on budget issues and he couldn't find a single person who could tell him about the Social Security …
The New War Congress: An Obama-Republican War Alliance?
To understand just how bad the 112th Congress, elected on November 2nd and taking office on January 3rd, is likely to be for peace on Earth, one has to …
Whistleblower Details Bribes, Fraud in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - A corporate whistleblower, whose evidence of fraud led to one of the largest fines ever against a war-zone contractor, said that he was ordered to facilitate …
A Note on the Passing of Chalmers Johnson, Critic of Empire
Editor's Note: Truthout will greatly miss Chalmers Johnson. His exceptional work on American imperialism will continue changing the world long after his death. -ms/to
Tortured Evidence
He also pleads guilty for Hurricane Katrina, Haiti's earthquake and Mount Pinatubo's eruption.