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Solutions
The Solutions column was created to take Dina Rasor's 30-year knowledge of why the government wasn't working and, slice by slice, come up with realistic solutions to fix long-term problems.
Forget the Election and the Politics: What Will Make FEMA Work for the People?
What would Leo do? Advice on managing the disaster of Sandy from the man who has seen the best and worst of FEMA.
Binders Full of Generals
Longtime military muckraker and Truthout editor Dina Rasor paints a well-informed picture of what might be motivating the 359 retired military brass endorsing the GOP presidential candidate.
Allowing Sequestration Defense Cuts May Right Our Listing Ship of State
Strategic tweaks in defense spending can slash waste, grow jobs.
Romney’s $2-Trillion Defense Increase Won’t Buy More Defense, Just More Waste
Romney talks about building ships and subs and starting up the cancelled F-22 Raptor fighter line, but fails to explain how his plan would make us safer from the …
Lack of State and Federal Oversight of Offshore Fracking Could Imperil the Santa Barbara Coastline
While a drilling company with an erratic history and cavalier leadership leverages expansion of its onshore operations with ocean drilling by the risky and increasingly notorious method of hydraulic …
Veterans First … and Their Dogs, Too
Congress and the VA have let politics and red tape interfere with two important veterans assistance programs for jobs and mental health.
Tax-Exempt Boy Scouts Hide ‘Morally Straight’ Pedophiles in Plain Sight
Our tax money is supporting an organization that is not a unique religion but is being allowed to criminally hide pedophiles from law enforcement and the unsuspecting public.
The Bain Way: Let the States Pick Up the Tab on National Debt?
We do need to get our fiscal house in order, but after reading about The Bain Way and Mr. Romney's love of his business acumen, I disagree, more than …
Lisa and Me: Birthdays and Republican-Style Medicare
Unless the pre-existing condition nightmare is clearly and permanently eliminated from all health care situations, all of our health care will suffer.
Your Must-Do Assignment for This Year, Read This Chart and Pass It On
War or no war, this budget just keeps growing in real terms, despite the rise and fall of threats, despite what the rest of the world was spending on …