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Let the Million Flowers Bloom
There's something happening here, and it is exactly clear. We are in a savagely perilous place.
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Romney Wins Illinois Big, Takes Big Stride Toward Nomination
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, hugs his wife, Ann, at his election night rally in Schaumburg, Illinois, March 20, 2012. Romney won …
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On the Campaign Trail
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Gated Intellectuals: Toward a Borderless Pedagogy in the Occupy Movement
Gated intellectuals do not work with ideas, but sound bites.
Not Even a Fig Leaf: The Blatant Self-Dealing of Chairman McKeon
Chairman Howard "Buck" McKeon has taken self-dealing to new heights.
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Flip Flops
The Scorched-Earth Politics of America’s Four Fundamentalisms
Governance is in the hands of corporate power and the US increasingly exhibits the traits of a failed state.
Self-Dealing in Government: No. 1 Impediment to Reform
The public hears about the deluge of corrupting money in the system, but they need individual examples to understand.
“Losing” the World: American Decline in Perspective
(Photo: abbyladybug) Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated — Japan’s attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example. Others are ignored, and we can …
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Romney’s Overriding Ambition
Washington - Criticism of Mitt Romney for lacking a coherent message is grossly unfair. He has been forthright, consistent and even eloquent in pressing home his campaign's central theme: …