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War at What Cost? A Veteran Perspective
This coming fiscal year, the United States is set to spend more than $640 billion dollars on the Pentagon and war, accounting for more than 60 percent of federal …
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Blinded by the (Solar) Light
The Obama Administration’s preliminary decision to impose a 31 per cent tariff on solar panels imported from China is short sighted. The move could cause a trade war, hurt the US …
Educational Strike in Spain Brings Hundreds of Thousands into the Streets
TRANSCRIPTNoah Gimbel: I'm here in Madrid, Spain, where over 50 groups have come together to call for an education strike from preschool to the university, teachers, students and parents. …
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Why Bain Questions Matter
Washington - Who are the dastardly enemies of free enterprise who decided to make an issue of Mitt Romney's tenure at the private-equity firm Bain Capital? Er, those would …
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Wisconsin Recall Roundup – May 25, 2012
Firefighters Trash DNC for Lack of Aid in the Recall For weeks Democrats in Wisconsin have been putting pressure on the national Democratic Party to do more for the …
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Britain Fears “Lost” Generation of Jobless Youth in Europe’s Crisis
London - Several months after graduating from a technical college, Mohammed Aden remains unemployed, despite sending out a flurry of resumes for entry-level jobs in electronic engineering, his chosen field. …
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Five Ways the Facebook IPO Teaches Us About How Wall Street Games the System
Facebook’s initial public offering — which so dominated the financial press that Facebook has been on the cover of the Wall Street Journal for nine straight days — has started to …
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Obama Has to Explain Why Fairness Is Essential to Growth (and Why Some Democrats Have to Stop Believing Otherwise)
The Cory Booker imbroglio has ignited a silly but potentially pernicious debate in the Democratic Party between so-called “pro-growth centrists” who want the President to focus on how well …
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Greece and the Euro: Is the End Near?
If Greece exits the euro, then what for the Greek economy? Nobody knows!
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Romney’s Disastrous Education Agenda: Reward His Donors, Make Sure Money Dominates Politics
Mitt Romney has just released his plan for educating Americau2019s young people, and itu2019s wholly consistent with his overall philosophy: Allow money to dominate politics, and everything will work …