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Five Yards and a Cloud of Dust
Last week, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) made it clear to any and all that he was going to vote “No” on the health care reform package currently being considered …

SEC Admits Flawed Oversight of Lehman Brothers
In the wake of a 2,200-page report on how “misleading” accounting techniques led to Lehman Brothers' collapse, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Mary Schapiro would not comment on …

E.J. Dionne | Why Democrats Are Fighting for a Republican Health Plan
Washington - Here is the ultimate paradox of the Great Health Care Showdown: Congress will divide along partisan lines to pass a Republican version of health care reform, and …

The Growing Movement for Publicly Owned Banks
As the states' budget and credit crises deepen, four states have initiated bills for state-owned banks, and candidates in seven states have included that solution in their platforms. …

Froma Harrop | Will Snowe Fall in Maine?
Go visit potato country at the tippy-top of Maine. There, struggling farmers can look across the St. John River at equally hard-pressed potato growers in New Brunswick, Canada. The …

Joe Conason | Right Wing Gone Wild
Demagogues often prosper under the rules of democracy, intimidating the moderate and preying on the weak-minded. But in a healthy society, such figures cannot cross a final threshold of …

David Sirota | What’s the Matter with Democrats?
Ever since Thomas Frank published his book “What's the Matter With Kansas?” Democrats have sought a political strategy to match the GOP's. The health care bill proves they've found …

Eugene Robinson |“Kumbaya” No More
Washington - If health care reform finally staggers across the finish line, it will be because President Obama and congressional Democrats recognized — at long last — the truth …

Antiwar Protesters: “Bombs Don’t Bring Democracy“
Two days before the seventh anniversary of the occupation of Iraq, more than a thousand antiwar protesters marched Thursday in downtown Chicago to chants of "Obama, don't lie to …

Egypt Waging War on Bloggers
Egypt's war on bloggers suffered a major hit last week. Caving to pressure from the United Nations and international human rights groups, a military court released a 20-year-old civilian …