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How Shadowy Right-Wing Front Groups Engineered Our National Embrace of Debt Reduction Over Job Creation
(Photo: Vanessa Arn / Flickr) For the entire year, as a sluggish economy sputters by and states continue to struggle with falling revenue, the conversation in Congress …
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Ex-Prime Minister Says Taliban Offer Talks for Pullout Date
(Photo: isafmedia / Flickr) The Taliban leadership is ready to negotiate peace with the United States right now if Washington indicates its willingness to provide a timetable …
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Power of the Big Idea
Washington - Those who would chronicle events in Washington can find no richer source of analogy and metaphor than the Three Stooges. These days, I'm thinking of the times …
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Death and Contradiction: The Case of Iran’s Nuclear Scientists
Part I – Death On 23 July 2011 it was announced that Dariush Rezai-Nejad was shot to death …
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All That Glitters Isn’t Gold – Nor Money
Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas), is best known in the United States for his fierce criticism of the Federal Reserve. (Stephen Crowley/The New York Times) My wife …
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Getting Away With Torture: the Ill Treatment of Detainees
Should the U.S. government officials most responsible for setting interrogation and detention policies following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks be investigated, and if warranted prosecuted, under United States and …
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Why the GOP Aims to Sink the Economy
“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.” ~ Mark Twain ~ If our …
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Norway’s Premier Vows to Keep an Open Society
Oslo - The prime minister of Norway acknowledged on Wednesday that his country had fundamentally changed as a result of the attacks on a youth camp and government complex …
Moroccan Activist Speaks on the February 20th Movement’s Fight for a Better Future
Protesters from the February 20 Movement take to the streets in Morocco. (Photo: Magharebia) Since February 20th of this year, protests calling for democracy, dignity and an …
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Former Afghan Prime Minister Says Taliban Offer Talks for Pullout Date
Kabul - The Taliban leadership is ready to negotiate peace with the United States right now if Washington indicates its willingness to provide a timetable for complete withdrawal, according …