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Barack Obama
The Tea Party Setting: A Longer View
Is there any hope for relief from this bleak formula? Part of the answer depends upon whether at some point the veil of denial begins to shred.
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Ramblin’ Man, John Kerry Is a Figure of His Times (and That’s Not a Good Thing)
The secretary of state has been stumbling and bloviating from one crisis to the next, one debacle to another, surrounded by the well-crafted imagery of diplomatic effectiveness.
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Governing in the Dark
The NSA scandal isn't going away, and each leak tears a bigger hole in our current governing structure.
Bipartisan Bill to Reform Mandatory Minimums Introduced in US House, As Companion to Bipartisan Senate Bill
Research has shown that nonviolent, low-level drug offenders have contributed significantly to the dramatic rise in incarceration in the last four decades.
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School Killings Put US Culture in Spotlight
The increase in violence on a national scale, especially the recent spate of shootings on school grounds, has many Americans, even the u201cexpertsu201d on mass killings, asking one another; …
Obama’s Illegal Drones Kill Innocents, but at Least He Aint Hitler, Right!?!
Drone attacks in countries that have not declared war on us and pose no threat to us are illegal, immoral, and create more enemies than they kill.
Empire Under Obama: Counterinsurgency, Death Squads, and the Population as the Target
Continuity in the imperialistic policies of the United States is especially evident when it comes to the strategy of ‘counterinsurgency,’ notably in Afghanistan.
Drone Victims Tell Empty US House Their Story; Is America Listening?
With only five US Representatives in attendance, a Pakistani school teacher and his two children brought tears to the House this week describing the drone attack that killed his …
Political Cowardice Is Political Courage
It seems telling that the most vocal people fervently endorsing many elements of the reform agenda have either a political or economic stake in moving those policies forward.
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Dr. Ben Carson “Jumps Jim Crow“
Renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson says the Affordable Care Act is the worst thing to happen to America since slavery. Dr. Wilmer Leon begs to differ.