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President Obama and the CIA: What Must Be Done
This is the second and final installment of Melvin Goodman's series on the Obama administration and the intelligence community. Part one can be read here. New presidents (and President …
Robert Reich | Our Incredible Shrinking Democracy
I wish conservatives would stop complaining about big government and start worrying about the real problem – small democracy. I wish we'd all worry more about our incredible shrinking …
Eugene Robinson | The Scott Brown Brand
Washington - When I heard Scott Brown, the newly elected senator from Massachusetts, describe himself as a “Scott Brown Republican,” I groaned. It sounded as if he's coming to …
Reign of Moloch
Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability? Henry A. Giroux Palgrave MacMillan, 2009 When, in a casual aside during a Macroeconomics lecture at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton …
The Quiet Revolution: Obama Has Reinvented the State
Obama has reinvented the state in more ways than you can imagine. These days, liberals don't know whether to feel betrayed by or merely disappointed with Barack Obama. They …
Obama’s One-Dollar Promise to Women
One of the most important promises made by President Obama in his State of the Union address has been largely overlooked: his promise to "crack down on violations of …
Prop 8 Trial Week Three: The Cliffhanger
The fabled trial to overturn Proposition 8 in California is wrapping up after almost three weeks of testimony, and it's looking good for the plaintiffs who support same-sex marriage. …
Obama Discusses War, Jobs and the Environment Live on YouTube
President Obama sat down with an interviewer from YouTube Monday afternoon to sell his $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2011. It's the latest step by an administration relentlessly …
Does President Obama Really Want a “Better Approach” to Fix Health Care?
Obama keeps saying he wants better ideas, but then will not meet with doctors desperately trying to let him know a better approach. Last Friday, when President Obama vanquished …
Mexico Considers Clamping Down on Twitter
Mexicans are using Twitter to avoid drunk-driving checkpoints. Drug cartels might be using it too. Does that justify restricting social networking sites? Mexico - Mexico has racked up its …