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We’re Hot as Hell and We’re Not Going to Take It Any More
Try to fit these facts together: According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the planet has just come through the warmest decade, the warmest 12 …
Gareth Porter | Zombie Neocon Strategy Behind Israel’s “Bomb Iran” Campaign
Reuel Marc Gerecht’s screed justifying an Israeli bombing attack on Iran coincides with the opening the new Israel lobby campaign marked by the introduction of House resolution 1553 …
Philly Knows Better: Republican Scam Machine Again Tries to Smear Obama and Black Activists as Racists
Yet another Republican attack charging “reverse racism” is in play, this one datelined Philadelphia. The usual suspects – right-wing operatives, conservative media commentators and GOP Congressmen – are portraying …
Here and There: Six Years in the Middle East
On September 11, 2001 Megan K. Stack, the 25-year-old Houston bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, was in Paris visiting her sister. After the terrorist attacks on that …
Bring It On
It is tempting to begin a sentence about today's Republican Party with the words, “Just when you thought they couldn't get any dumber,” but then you realize you're talking …
Jim Boyce | Essentials of Smart Climate Policy
In one of the more memorable moments of the 2008 presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama explained why he rejected John McCain's call to postpone their September debate in Oxford, …
Obama’s Done a Lot, but Gets Little Credit for It; Why?
Washington - Step by step, President Barack Obama is building a record of major legislation that's sure to make a mark on history. The most sweeping financial regulation since …
Revenge of the Bush Department of Justice: Phony Scandal is Legacy of Politicized Hiring
J. Christian Adams' discredited accusations that President Obama's Justice Department engaged in racially charged “corruption” in the New Black Panther Party case are being promoted and defended by a …
Froma Harrop | Democrats Can Avoid Rout – It’s Up to Them
When the pollster calls and asks whether I think the country is going in the right direction, I will say “no.” When she asks if I approve of the …
The Meaning of the Gulf Oil Gusher
Arthur C. Clarke and director Peter Hyams proved less than prophetic in the movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact, but they gave the audiences of 1984 what they …