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The Self-Inflicted Wounds of 9/11
The attacks on Washington and New York City nine years ago extracted a terrible price in terms of blood and treasure. Unfortunately, the adverse US reaction to 9/11 has …
Obama: GOP’s Policies Made a “Mess” of Economy
Washington - With his Democratic Party facing the prospect of huge congressional losses in November, President Barack Obama tried Friday to draw sharp distinctions between Republicans and Democrats, arguing …
Obama on the Economy
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Since That Day
I moved into a new apartment last week, and I've since noticed that when there are low clouds in the sky, the airplanes out of Logan fly low over …
Why Millions March in France, but Not in the US
The basic issue is the same there and here. Capitalism generates another of its regular, periodic crises, only this one is really bad. It begins, as often happens, in …
Greg Grandin: Corporations, Cartels and History
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Backlash in the Age of Obama
Chapter One: The Cassandra of Lower Delaware At approximately 11 a.m. on June 30, 2009, inside a senior citizens’ center in the rustic rural county seat of Georgetown, Delaware, …
News in Brief: California Judge to End “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and More
A federal judge has ruled the military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional, and will issue an order to halt the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Want to Combat Climate Change? Ignore Congress
Congress comes back into session next week, but environmentalists and climate change activists have given up on the legislature. Instead, activists are planning to spur popular concern about these …
Rescue, Relief, Reconciliation: Chilean President Sebastián Piñera
On March 11, 2010, Sebastián Piñera was sworn in as the Republic of Chile’s 35th president in a ceremony at the National Congress in Valparaíso. The new president received …