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Medicare Costs Too Much and They Better Not Cut It
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) joins other House Republicans to tell members of the media about their plan to reform the Congressional budget process in Washington, December 7, 2011. (Photo: …
Ever More and Ever Less: The Unstoppable Legacy of the War on Terror
By now, you’d think we’d be entering the end of the 9/11 era. One war over in the Greater Middle East, another hurtling disastrously to its end, and …
Bribing Israel
The bully came to Washington. The American president told him in no uncertain terms that the United States would not support a military attack on Iran at this moment. …
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Democratic Senators Issue Strong Warning About Use of the Patriot Act
Washington - For more than two years, a handful of Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee have warned that the government is secretly interpreting its surveillance powers under the …
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Texas Decision to Block Planned Parenthood Results in Loss of Federal Funds
The Obama administration notified Texas yesterday that it was officially stopping funds to the Texas Women’s Health Program because of the state’s decision to block abortion providers, including Planned …
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USDA: Schools Can Opt Not to Feed “Pink Slime” to Students
Washington - After a public uproar sparked by a Houston mom's online petition, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture on Thursday backed off the federal school lunch program's use of …
How We Cured “the Culture of Poverty,” Not Poverty Itself
A homeless man on the streets of Washington, DC. (Photo: Elvert Barnes / Flickr) It’s been exactly 50 years since Americans, or at least the non-poor among …
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Corporations Are People; Money Is Speech
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Who Do You Want to Oversee Medicare?
President Barack Obama talks on the phone while aboard Air Force One. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Within the past month, the Obama administration has heard …
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Slovakia Defies the Kochs and Cato
David Koch. (Photo: Gretchen Ertl / The New York Times) On Saturday, the tiny EU nation Slovakia held parliamentary elections, and the results surprised the “experts”: The …