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Why Sharks Should Not Own Sport
As Tiger Woods returns to golf, not all his affairs are salacious headlines. In Dubai, the Tiger Woods Golf Course in Dubai is costing $100 million to build. Dubai …
Senator Specter Takes On Wall Street Bankers
Washington - Sen. Arlen Specter said Thursday that he'd hold a hearing next month to examine Wall Street firms' potential conflicts of interest when they secretly bet against products …
What the Doomsayers Haven’t Been Telling You About Greece
The recent battle over health care reform in the United States, in which the Obama administration was barely able to pass weak reform, is just further proof of how …
I’m Not Shedding Any Tears for Daryl Gates
The former Los Angeles police chief, Daryl Gates, who died last Friday of cancer at his home in California, is being widely credited in mostly laudatory newspaper obituaries as …
Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace: The J Street Balancing Act
On the alphabetically named streets of Washington, DC, there is no J Street; the naming jumps from I to K. Legend has it that this is the result of …
David Sirota | Clinton’s Contrition
In 1992, I was in 10th grade. Hence, I didn't care about much more than the girls I could never get, the Philadelphia 76ers' playoff chances and the shortcomings …
Cheating US Workers
Hundreds of thousands of workers are being cheated by US employers who blatantly violate the laws that are supposed to guarantee those workers decent wages, hours and working conditions. …
Obama’s Warnings About a Looming Financial Crisis Come Back to Haunt Bernanke
For those accustomed at looking into the memory hole, President Barack Obama's pitch to Wall Street bankers Thursday on backing a tough financial reform package currently winding its way …
Former Bush Appointee to Plead Guilty to Contempt of Congress
A former Bush administration official who headed an obscure office within the White House that protects whistleblowers and enforces anti-discrimination laws was charged Thursday with criminal contempt of Congress. …
Confessions of a Former Oil Industry Consultant
Jeremy Leggett has undergone quite a few large career changes, from oil industry consultant to Greenpeace scientist to solar power entrepreneur. A geologist by training, he worked with the …