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Divvying Up the Spoils of Disaster
Known for its brash approach to public policy, the Heritage Foundation has never shied away from controversial positions. After all, this was the group that within a month of …
Connie Schultz | Race-Baiting for Life
The message is an orchestrated lie, but the billboards are still a jarring sight. A black child, looking frightened and on the verge of tears, fills nearly half the …
Obama Looks to Reconciliation to Pass Health Care Bill
In a speech today at the White House, President Obama instructed Congress to make a final push for completion of the divisive health care reform legislation. He endorsed the …
Deficit Fear Mongering
IMF-Style Austerity Measures Come to America: What “Fiscal Responsibility” Means to You. In addition to mandatory private health insurance premiums, we may soon be hit with a "mandatory …
Bill Moyers Journal | Health Care Reform
Airtime: Friday, March 5, 2010, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings here).
Entering the Scary “Lacuna” of American Politics
I finally finished reading Barbara Kingsolver's latest brilliant novel, “The Lacuna,” and it's the kind of book that engenders discussion on a wide variety of important topics. For those …
Finding the American Dream – in China
US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Energy Secretary Steven Chu returned from China last July with a sober understanding of the degree to which China had advanced in …
Happiness, as in Bhutan
Is this minuscule nation, among the least populated in the world (roughly 700,000 inhabitants), stuck between two of the most densely populated countries in the world (India and China), …
Mercenaries Circling Haiti
On March 9 and 10, there will be a Haiti conference in Miami for private military and security companies to showcase their services to governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) …
How to Fight a Better War (Next Time): Three Fixes for the American Way of War
Iraq remains a mess from which the U.S. military seems increasingly uninterested in withdrawing fully and Afghanistan a disaster area, but it's never too soon to think about the …