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Trade in Health Care: When “Free Traders” Become Protectionists
If the free traders understood economics, they would be outraged by the enormous gap between the cost of health care in the United States and the cost in other …
Senate Panel Extends Controversial Patriot Act Provisions
The Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly passed a bill Thursday to extend several controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act, the counterterrorism law hastily drafted in the aftermath of 9/11.
Court Documents Reveal Existence of New Torture Tapes
A federal court judge on Monday revealed that the brutal interrogation of an alleged “war on terror” detainee imprisoned at Guantanamo for more than seven years was videotaped.
Is Health Care Like a Food Processor?
When it comes to health care, it is both right and smart for me - and everyone I come into contact with - to have health care. On the …
Ending Minority Rule in California: One Sentence Can Do It
California is in deep trouble because it has a dysfunctional system of government. Much of the problem can be change by one sentence.
A New Nuclear Debate in India
The main nuclear debate in the major South Asian country has not been the one between nuclear militarists and their opponents. It has been the one between two schools …
Why the Dow Is Hitting 10,000 Even When Consumers Can’t Buy and Business Cries “Socialism”
So how can the Dow be flirting with 10,000 when consumers, who make up 70 percent of the economy, have had to cut way back on buying because …
Afghanistan: Where Empires Go to Die
The invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, along with the ongoing slaughter of Afghan civilians and raiding hospitals, are in violation of international law as well as the US Constitution.
We Can’t Afford Health Care? You Lie!
We can't afford the plan? That is a whopper. It's all choice.
The Spectacle of Illiteracy and the Crisis of Democracy
The image of the public sphere has given way to the spectacle of unbridled intolerance and ignorance.