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Ray McGovern | Obama Should Read WikiLeaks Documents
Perhaps President Barack Obama should give himself a waiver on the ban prohibiting U.S. government employees from downloading classified cables released by WikiLeaks, so he can better understand the …
China’s Economy Not Looking So Hot
These days, China seems to play much the same role in American public discourse that Japan did two decades ago. We Americans look at our own economic follies — …
Haley Barbour’s Revisionist History
In a recent article in The Weekly Standard entitled “The Boy from Yazoo City,” Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) and a potential 2012 …
New Orleans Dumps FEMA Trailers – and Maybe the People in Them
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered on his promise to shut down the remaining FEMA trailers in the city, though not in the way struggling residents would have hoped. …
Eugene Robinson | Health Care Melodrama
Washington - If the incoming Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is serious about trying to repeal health care reform, there's only one appropriate Democratic response: "Make my …
Profitable Immigrants
Administration Prepares to Defy Efforts to Limit Obama’s Options for Guantanamo
Obama administration officials say they plan to reject Congressional efforts to limit the president's options on Guantanamo, setting the stage for a confrontation between the president and the new …
Breaking the Israel-Palestine Deadlock
While intensively engaged in illegal settlement expansion, the government of Israel is also seeking to deal with two problems: a global campaign of what it perceives as “delegitimation” – …
Breaking the Israel-Palestine Deadlock
While intensively engaged in illegal settlement expansion, the government of Israel is also seeking to deal with two problems: a global campaign of what it perceives as “delegitimation” – …
Massachusetts is Latest State to Target Greenhouse Gases
State thinks it can slash emissions without new programs. So, now Massachusetts has joined the list of states that aren't waiting for Congress to turn this country away from …