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New York, Alaska Election Contests Demonstrate, Again, Why Paper Ballots Need to Actually Be Counted
Having paper ballots is one thing. Seeing them actually be counted, unfortunately, continues to be quite another matter.
Jim Hightower | Obama to the Corporate Powers: I Feel Your Pain
Guess who's whining the loudest these days, wailing that they're getting a raw deal from Barack Obama. Not the unemployed and barely employed - even though the White House …
US Stepping Up Pressure on Pakistan
Washington - This week's leak to the New York Times of a proposal for U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) raids against Afghan insurgent sanctuaries in Pakistan may be intended …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | The Pride of Obama’s “Orphans“
At the beginning of 2009, the choice before Democrats who controlled the 111th Congress was whether they would enact historic legislation, even at the risk of their majority, or …
Environmental Justice Knocks Loudly at the White House
It might have been the inaugural environmental justice forum at the White House. But that doesn’t mean there were a bunch of rookies in the room. The all-day gathering …
Michael Moore | Another WikiLeaks Cable About My Movies
Twice within four days, my name has popped up in the Bush-era secret cables uncovered by WikiLeaks. Lucky me. Though nowhere near as earth-shattering as the uncovering of American …
Free Trade Won’t Cure Unemployment
Now that there seems to be no hope of using reasonable fiscal policy to fix the United States’s economy, I’ve been hearing a different idea lately: that trade can …
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in the Dustbin
Happy Holidays And Carry An Umbrella
Cherish – and Work to Protect – Our Rights
Bill of Rights Day was December 15, a time to reflect on constitutional freedoms. And as we enter the tenth year since 9/11, it's hard to be optimistic about …