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McCain Moves the Goal Posts Again on DADT
This week, Cindy McCain caused a stir when she seemingly broke with her husband, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), on the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy when she …
Aqua Buddha and the Number 21
At this point most of the country has heard the story of “Aqua Buddha.” According to an anonymous account, during his college days, Kentucky Sen.-elect Rand Paul dragged a …
Fed Bashing at the G-20: A Return to the Gold Standard Anyone?
A strange thing happened on the way to the G-20 meetings: world elite opinion has turned against the Federal Reserve’s “quantitative easing” (QE) program, the only significant “Keynesian” macroeconomic …
Advocates Say Democrats Fumbled HIV/AIDS Funding Before GOP Takeover
The GOP's midterm election gains and partisan disputes in Congress have put struggling HIV/AIDS programs in a precarious situation. Republicans took control of the House of Representatives last week …
Stephen Pitt | The Koch Brothers’ Solution
The gift from a right-wing chief justice and his comrades was too much to pass up. Corporate of the Koch Kind is quickly permeating everything and, with the Citizens …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | A Same and Spineless Duck?
Washington - The lame-duck session of Congress that kicks off this week will test whether Democrats have spines made of Play-Doh, and whether President Obama has decided to pretend …
Who Decides How the Oppressed Should Fight Oppression?
An American activist once gave me a book she had written that detailed her experiences in Palestine. The largely visual volume documented her journey in the occupied West Bank, …
Clyburn Will Get House Post, Avoiding Democratic Spat
Washington — Speaker Nancy Pelosi will create a new leadership post for Rep. Jim Clyburn as Democrats prepare to cede control of the House of Representatives to Republicans in …
The Missing Immigration Debate
Chicago - If I were a member of the third largest minority group in the United States, I'd be really frustrated that the immigration issue continues to be discussed …
Burma: After Suu Kyi’s Release, Dangerous Time Sets in
Bangkok - A dilapidated colonial villa on the banks of the Inya Lake in Rangoon, Burma’s largest city, has regained its identity as a home – instead of a …