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Why the Left Has No Answer to the Right-Wing Lie Machine
An Uneven Contest: What if there were a great debate concerning the nature and future of American society, and only one side showed up? That approximately describes the condition …
Civilian Face of Argentine Dictatorship Arrested
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Martinez de Hoz, the minister of economy during Argentina's last dictatorship, was arrested Tuesday at his home in the upscale Retiro neighborhood in Buenos Aires. …
News in Brief: Times Square Bomb Attempt May Have Taliban Links and More
The Times Square bombing attempt may have links to the Pakistani Taliban, reported The New York Times. After two days of intensely questioning the bomb suspect, Faisal Shahzad, …
Robert Reich | Apple Isn’t the Problem. Wall Street’s Big Banks Are the Problem
Why is the Federal Trade Commission threatening Apple with a possible lawsuit for abusing its economic power, but not even raising an eyebrow about the huge and growing economic …
Police Across Arizona See Dangers of New Law
It's not every day in Arizona that the police are so eager not to do their job. Yet the state's latest anti-immigrant crack down has evoked protests from cops …
Migradollars and Latin America’s Economic Development
Self-Financing: Remittances are Big Business in Latin America
Peak Oil and the Return of the Jet Set
The difficulty and increasing cost of providing aviation fuel may ground many flights while winging us away from aerial democracy. Scientists have projected that oil production will peak …
Peak Oil and the Return of the Jet Set (2)
The difficulty and increasing cost of providing aviation fuel may ground many flights while winging us away from aerial democracy. Scientists have projected that oil production will peak in …
Where Are the Watchdogs?
Faced with record deficits and expanding federal responsibilities, politicians from President Barack Obama on down routinely talk about the need for transparency and accountability in government. At the same …
National Day of Prayer Violates Establishment Clause
Today, as mandated by federal law, is the National Day of Prayer. It may be the last. In 1952, evangelist Billy Graham led a six week religious campaign in …