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President Obama Addresses the Nation 8pm Eastern – LIVE STREAM
President Obama will address the nation regarding the occupation of Iraq, live at 8pm Eastern, 5pm Pacific. You can watch the live stream here:
US Financial Regulations: Not Perfect, but Maybe a Beginning
Regarding the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, one can debate whether the “glass is half empty or half full,” but the verdict may not be known …
Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally: Interviews With Participants
On 8.28.2010, Glenn Beck's “Restoring Honor” rally was held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The purpose of the rally, which Beck claimed to be “non-political” despite featuring …
Zach Carter | Why Do Deficit Hawks Hate Social Security
Last week, Social Security advocates learned something they had long suspected. Arguments for cutting Social Security aren't really about economics or the deficit. They're all about waging war on …
In Search of Real Security, Part One: A Closer Look at Our Basic Needs in a Time of Crisis
“Politics isn’t a game. It’s making this country better and what people represent. It’s a massive jobs program. For example, building the infrastructure of this country, and it’s not …
The Story of a Troubled Tank
Review of the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company's closely held internal investigation report on the May 25 oil spill at Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) Pump Station #9 (PS9) reveals a …
Media Manipulates the “End” of the War in Iraq
Just as the media lied to help us get into a war, they are now lying us out of one. In the introduction to season five of HBO's critically …
Embattled UN Chief on Charm Offensive Says Press Corps
New York City - When an Asian ambassador hosted a sumptuous lunch for more than a dozen U.N. correspondents in his swanky New York apartment many moons ago, he …
Eugene Robinson | The Ambiguity of War’s End
Washington - Now that the Iraq War is over — for U.S. combat troops, at least — only one thing is clear about the outcome: We didn't win. We …