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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 …
Iraqi Police in Baquba Targeted in Three Bombings
Baghdad, Iraq - Three powerful suicide bombings killed at least 33 people and injured more than 50 others in the restive Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, authorities said, with …
In Haiti, Death Toll Remains a Mystery
The view from the busy two-lane road is spectacular: tall limestone mountains rising to the east and the turquoise Caribbean shimmering to the west. But this is no tourist …
DoD Releases Records of Illegal Surveillance
Defense Department agencies improperly collected and disseminated intelligence on Planned Parenthood and a white supremacist group called the National Alliance, an Air Force briefing improperly included intelligence on an …