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One Party Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
A heartfelt plea to the few intelligent and thoughtful Republicans left: itu2019s up to you to inject sanity back into your Party.
The Regional Restructuring of the American Continent
Americans committed to a renewal of democracy are likely to discover this can only be meaningfully achieved in units of scale smaller than a continent.
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The Battle for Democracy Is Year-Round
A federal right to vote will effectively neuter politically-motivated state lawmakers and election officials who care less about a robust democracy and more about rigging elections.
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CNN Heroes and Hero-ization
It's that time of year again and CNN's annual Heroes show is coming up. Any reasonably compassionate viewer is likely to be thrilled by the accounts of noble souls …
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Teabag Ted
Four years to waste, but how?
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Budget Proposal a Kick in the Guts to Working Americans
Someone needs to remind Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner and his Party that they lost the election in November.
The Barack Obama Story: From Community Organizer to Robot President
How a Community Organizer and Constitutional Law Professor Became a Robot President
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Morsi
An autocratic democracy in Egypt?
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Ignore Grover…and Learn from Him
Washington, DC - Here's the first lesson from the early skirmishing over ways to avoid the fiscal cliff: Democrats and liberals have to stop elevating Grover Norquist, the anti-government …
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Unlike Twinkie Don’t Let the GOP Go Bankrupt: A Liberal’s Plea for a Viable Opposition Party
Separated by only a week, both Hostess Brands and the Republican Party raised the white flag of defeat. Hostess' flagship snack Twinkies and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney were, …