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Who Are the Millennials?: Bill Moyers Interview With Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee. (Photo: Moyers & Co.) While Republicans are still fighting the culture wars primary by primary, and caucus by caucus, President Obama is campaigning rather feverishly …
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When Clint Eastwood Mocks You, You’re Officially Screwed
(Photo: Lars Kristian Flem; Edited: LP / Truthout) You know the wheels have come off the GOP wagon when the Republicans feel compelled to accuse Clint Eastwood …
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Manufacturing on Planet Economus
Economist Christina Romer had an op-ed in the NY Times this weekend, Do Manufacturers Need Special Treatment? The question that keep coming back to me is why did she …
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Clint, Rick and the Limits of Pessimism
Washington - What do Rick Santorum and Clint Eastwood have in common? Sorry Rick, you haven't made it yet as an Eastwood-style make-my-day cultural icon. But in different ways, …
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What’s In Your iPhone?
Early last year, during an intimate chat and chew dinner with some Silicon Valley high-tech barons, President Barack Obama posed a question to Steve Jobs, baron of the Apple …
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California’s Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional – Again
Opponents of Proposition 8, a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, react after news of the ban being knocked down in court, outside the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals …
Obama’s Super-Bowl Fumble on Iran
Before President Barack Obama’s interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer, aired before the Super Bowl on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu probably hoped that, if Obama discussed Iran, he …
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Bill Meacham: Birth Control and the “Goodness” Paradigm
A current New York Times article describes controversy over birth control pills at Roman Catholic colleges.#[1] The difference between two ways of thinking about ethics, the Goodness paradigm and …
Debt, Toll Roads and Patents
(Photo: Zol87) It's budget time, again. This means that the deficit hawks will be out in force warning us about the devastating debt burden that we are …
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Army Officer Turned Whistleblower: How Many More Must Die?
Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis last month after sharing his view on the Afghan war with some members of Congress. "You can't spin the fact that more men are …