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Obama to Hold Bipartisan Summit in Hopes of Reviving Health Care Bill
In an interview during the Super Bowl pre-game show yesterday, President Obama announced his plan for a bipartisan health care summit that would be broadcast on TV later this …
The Tea Party Versus Obama
Nashville - “English only.” Under this pretext, this reporter gets nothing but monosyllables and a pronounced lack of interest on the part of my intended interview subjects once they …
Here There Be Monsters
They say everything can be replaced, Yet every distance is not near. So I remember every face Of every man who put me here. - Bob Dylan, "I Shall …
Operation Breakfast Redux: Could Pakistan 2010 Go the Way of Cambodia 1969?
Tom Engelhardt: Introduction Washington’s Greatest Afghan War Danger: Self-Deception
Costa Rica Elects First Woman President, Inspiring the Region
Laura Chinchilla won Costa Rica's presidential election in a landslide victory Sunday that is eliciting cheers from women across Central America. San Jose, Costa Rica; and Panama City - …
Stop the Green Tech Coup, Military Industry of the Offensive (2)
Environmental NGO's have been uncritically thumping the green tech funding plank and they're generating funding that could be harder to hold onto than a fistful of sand in the …
The Budget Deficit Crisis Puzzle
The country faces a serious crisis in the form of a manufactured crisis over the budget deficit. This is a crisis because concerns over the size of the budget …
On Heath Care: “Finish the Kitchen“
If President Obama gets to sign a health reform bill, as I believe he will, one reason may be Rep. Jay Inslee's difficult experience renovating his kitchen. He told …
Fareed Zakaria: The Truth About Sino-US Relations
Despite the recent squall in U.S.-Chinese relations, the fact remains that both countries have powerful reasons to cooperate with one another. These have grown over the last two decades, …
Super Bowl Fever in New Orleans and the Militarization of Sport’s Biggest Spectacle
Sportswriter Dave Zirin, author of A People’s History of Sports in the United States, says the New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl appearance—at least for the moment—is boosting spirits in …