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NOW | Fighting the Afghanistan War … in Pakistan
A dangerous, inside look at the conflict's true front line. Next on NOW.
The Best Chance Yet for Legalizing Marijuana
Tax Cannabis 2010 faces hurdles as it prepares for its test on the California ballot next November. It's Dec. 14 and news that the Regulate, Control and Tax …
The New Katrina Flood: Hospital Liability
Three years before Hurricane Katrina inundated New Orleans, a senior executive at Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital assessed its vulnerability to the sort of flooding that had been long feared …
9/11 and Christmas 2009: Two Examples of a Failure of Intelligence
One week after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice told the press corps, “This isn't Pearl Harbor.” No, it was …
Mark Weisbrot | Public Spending Still Key to Economic Recovery
There are right-wing voices claiming that the government is an obstacle to economic recovery in the United States, irresponsibly piling up debt, burdening future generations, and ruining the investment …
Staff Walks Out on Party-Switcher Griffith
Rep. Parker Griffith's (Ala.) staff has resigned en masse after his recent decision to switch parties and become a Republican .
Reality: Military Repeatedly Fails to Meet Recruiting Goals (but the DoD Cleverly Cooks the Books to Claim Success)
On December 28, The Christian Science Monitor published an op-ed that was misleading - so misleading it was pure Pentagon propaganda. The CSM column by Jamie Holmes falsely …
Peterson-Pew Commission Uses Jingoism to Advance Budget Agenda
We need to cut the budget deficit because the foreigners are taking over. That is the word according to a new report, “Red Ink Rising,” from a commission financed …
Natural Gas Drilling: What We Don
It takes brute force to wrest natural gas from the earth. Millions of gallons of chemical-laden water mixed with sand — under enough pressure to peel paint from a …
Politics: Backlash Against Rogue Chinese Investors Alarms Beijing
Beijing - As China moves up in the world and the need for investment in its own infrastructure declines, Chinese investors and financiers are eyeing lucrative contracts in less …