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FCC Spin vs. Fact
Just last Monday News Corp. lobbyists visited the FCC chairmanu2019s office and pushed him to relax the ownership rules even further.
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“Lincoln”: The Underbelly of the Democratic Process
Spielberg's Lincoln gives masterful context to past and present.
A Look at the Numbers Behind “Obamacare“
Although Obamacare will have a hefty price tag, most of the burden will be carried by the federal government.
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DeMint Will Leave Senate to Run Heritage Foundation
Conservative Republican and former Tea Party leader Jim DeMint is leaving the city Senate to head conservative research group The Heritage Foundation.
Mr. President, Tear Down This Wall: Washington’s Iranian Future
In Election 2012’s theatre-of-the-absurd “foreign policy” debate, Iran came up no less than 47 times. Despite all the fear, loathing, threats, and lies in that billionaire’s circus of a campaign season, …
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ALEC, CSG, ExxonMobil Fracking Fluid “Disclosure” Model Bill Failing by Design
The fracking disclosure bill passed last year which requires transparency from companies in regards to what chemicals they are using in their process has been an abject failure.
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In the US, an Insecure Economy Needs a Stronger Safety Net
Staff at the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington, working on the company’s new 787 Dreamliner jets earlier this year. (Photo: Stuart Isett / The New York Times)Looking at The …
Generals Behaving Badly
ust what are we to make of the decade of military hagiography weu2019ve just passed through?
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Egypt
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How Long Until Birth Control Pills Are Sold Over the Counter?
This may not be the fight the Obama administration was looking for, but they may end up having it.