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Publisher: Asia Times

Author: Jim Lobe

10 Feb 2012

Muslim ‘terror threat’ belied by numbers

The threat of terrorism carried out by Muslim Americans appears to have been exaggerated by US officials in recent...

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islam, terrorism

Publisher: Black Listed News

Author:

22 Dec 2011

First Amendment Under Attack: 18 Examples Of How They Are Coming For Our Free Speech

In the United States today, the First Amendment is under attack like never before. Technological innovations such as the...

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first amendment, free speech

Publisher: information clearinghouse

Author: William Blum

4 Dec 2011

Israel and Iran

The United States and Israel are preparing to attack Iran because of their alleged development of nuclear weapons, which...

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iran, iraq, israel, us foreign policy, war mongering

Publisher: Al Jazeera

Author:

28 Nov 2011

Defence and democracy in America

The failure of the US Congressional Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction to reach agreement on budget cuts now sets the...

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budget deficits, defense budget, tax cuts

Publisher: Al Jazeera

Author: Noiam Chomsky

8 Sep 2011

Chomsky 9 11 – was there an alternative

A number of analysts have observed that although bin Laden was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war...

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9-11, chile, disaster captalism, obama, osam bin laden, us foreign policy

Publisher: Spiegel

Author:

6 Sep 2011

Questioning 9 11 The Politician Turned Conspiracy Theorist

Andreas von B low says he's never feared for his life. This is despite the fact that he harbors suspicions that the...

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9-11, conspiracy

Publisher: Wired

Author:

2 Sep 2011

How the CIA Became ‘One Hell of a Killing Machine’

On April 14, 2004, CIA Director George Tenet looked so impotent he might have starred in a Viagra commercial. Tenet had...

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9-11, cia, state crimes

Publisher: The Washington Post

Author:

1 Sep 2011

CIA shifts focus to killing targets

Behind a nondescript door at CIA headquarters, the agency has assembled a new counterterrorism unit whose job is to find...

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assasinations, cia, drones

Publisher: BBC News

Author:

1 Sep 2011

US court case reveals CIA rendition details

A US court case has brought to light details of alleged CIA "rendition flights" that transported terror suspects around...

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cia, rendition, us foreign policy

Publisher: Le Monde diplomatique

Author:

8 Aug 2011

A secret war in 120 countries

Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you re done... for...

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us foreign policy, us military

Publisher: YouTube

Author: Michael Moore

5 Aug 2011

Remembering the Real Ronald Reagan, from ‘Capitalism A Love Story’

The banks and the corporations had a simple plan: to remake America to serve them. But pulling it off would require...

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extrimist, ronald regan

Publisher: Al Jazeera

Author:

11 Jul 2011

Reagan mythology is leading US off a cliff

As things stand today, the US is hurtling toward a budget showdown in less than a month. Either President...

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national debt, republicans, ronald regan

Publisher: NYTimes

Author: Gail Collins

21 Apr 2011

The New Anti-Abortion Math

Right now, the state is wrestling with a fiscal megacrisis that goes back to 2006, when the Legislature cut local...

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abortion, deficits, planned parenthood, texas

Publisher: The Guardian

Author: Paul Harris

3 Mar 2011

Bernard Madoff, the financiers’ fall guy

Don't shoot the messenger is usually a good rule to live by. But it is hard when it comes to Bernie Madoff, the former...

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bernie madoff, financial fraud

Publisher: NYTimes

Author:

27 Feb 2011

End of Bargaining in Indiana Informs Wisconsin’s Push

The experience of a nearby state, Indiana, where Gov. Mitch Daniels eliminated bargaining for state employees six years...

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collective bargaining, unions

Publisher: NYTimes

Author:

17 Feb 2011

In Prison Interview, Madoff Says Banks ‘Had to Know’

During a private two-hour interview in a visitor room here on Tuesday, and in earlier e-mail exchanges, he asserted that...

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banks, bernard madoff

Publisher: Asia Times

Author:

26 Jan 2011

What’s fueling oil, food prices?

During German hyperinflation early in the last century, the German central bank claimed that there was a shortage of...

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global unrest, inflation, wall street

Publisher: NYTimes

Author:

23 Jan 2011

Ex-Spy, Duane R. Clarridge, Runs His Own Private C.I.A.

Duane R. Clarridge parted company with the Central Intelligence Agency more than two decades ago, but from poolside at...

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cia, espionage

Publisher: Slate Magazine

Author: David Greenberg

18 Jan 2011

Eisenhower’s military-industrial complex: His farewell address has been completely misunderstood.

Eisenhower's fears about standing military power never outweighed his conviction that it was necessary. As Ledbetter...

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eisenhower, military industrial complex

Publisher: Consortium News

Author:

17 Jan 2011

Preparing for More Reagan Mythology

Republicans and the Right have demonstrated again and again that they grasp the value of myth-making, as has been best...

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republicans, ronald reagan

Publisher: NYTimes

Author:

14 Jan 2011

Hezbollah’s Latest Suicide Mission

THE collapse of Lebanon s government on Tuesday signaled the final stage in Hezbollah s rise from resistance group to...

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hezbollah, lebanon

Publisher: The Washington Post

Author:

12 Jan 2011

Gun-control advocates say Loughner is proof of need for better background checks

Gun-control advocates on Tuesday called for reforms of the federal background check system that permitted Tucson...

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gun control

Publisher:

Author: salon.com

11 Jan 2011

Americans get it: It’s just a horrible coincidence

CBS News is out with a new poll today that finds Americans strongly rejecting the notion that the political climate...

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arizona shooting, polls

Publisher:

Author: latimes.com

5 Jan 2011

Supreme Court justice Justice Antonin Scalia to talk about Constitution to House members

The decision by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to accept an invitation from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), the...

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antonin scalia, congress, supreme court

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Author: Al Jazeera English

3 Jan 2011

Helen Thomas – Thrown to the wolves

In 1960, I was fixated on emulating the courageous media personalities of the times, from Edward R. Murrow to a...

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helen thomas, press, zionist

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Author: NYTimes.com

2 Jan 2011

For Real Estate Developers, Failures Hardly an Obstacle

Larry Gluck, the apartment building king whose company defaulted on loans in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and...

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investments, private equity, real estate

Publisher:

Author: Mideast Youth

27 Dec 2010

Challenging widespread hypocrisy

It s hypocritical when lecturers and activists give talks about Israeli oppression in the U.S and get silenced with...

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israel, israel lobby, semetism

Publisher:

Author: Conversations with History

27 Dec 2010

Conversations with History Noam Chomsky

On this edition of Conversations with History, UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler is joined by linguist and political activist...

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democracy, dissent, noam chomsky, press

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Author: Al Jazeera - Cindy Sheehan

25 Dec 2010

Don’t go, don’t kill!

The recent repeal of the US military policy of "Don't ask, don't tell" is far from being the human rights advancement...

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dadt, us military

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Author: NYTimes - Roger Cohen

25 Dec 2010

Snow! Hit the Panic Button

What we are witnessing on either side of the Channel is the double whammy of a debt-ridden public sector making cuts...

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bonuses, incompetence, multi nationals

Publisher:

Author: NYTimes.com

19 Dec 2010

Business Finds Receptive Ear in Roberts Court

Almost 40 years ago, a Virginia lawyer named Lewis F. Powell Jr. warned that the nation s free enterprise system was...

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john roberts, supreme court

Publisher:

Author: storyofstuff.com

13 Dec 2010

The Story of Stuff

The Story of Stuff Project was created by Annie Leonard to leverage and extend the film s impact. We amplify public...

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corporations, economy, environment, government

Publisher:

Author: David Brooks - NYT

30 Nov 2010

The Fragile Community

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, had moved 37 times by the time he reached his 14th birthday. His mother didn t...

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jukian assange, wikileaks

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Author: Pajamas Media

29 Nov 2010

The WikiLeaks Hoax, Part I

WikiLeaks has done it again. For the second time in less than four months, the shadowy outfit has succeeded in...

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wikileaks

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Author: NYTimes.com

29 Nov 2010

WikiLeaks Archive – Cables Uncloak U.S. Diplomacy

A cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables, most of them from the past three years, provides...

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foriegn policy, wikileaks

Publisher:

Author: Frank Rich - NYT

28 Nov 2010

Still the Best Congress Money Can Buy

As John Cassidy underscored in a definitive article titled Who Needs Wall Street? in The New Yorker last week, the...

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bonuses, congress, wall street

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Author: Laura Clawson - Daily Kos

28 Nov 2010

Economic analysis brought to you by Wall Street

When you see a Wall Street economist offering analysis on cable news or the op-ed pages, you figure you know where...

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ivy league schools, wall street

Publisher:

Author: William Cohen - - NYTimes

28 Nov 2010

The Power of Failure

Despite the very dire consequences of the latest financial crisis that Wall Street perpetrated on the world, America...

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bankers, wall street

Publisher:

Author: Media Matters

20 Nov 2010

For every dollar you spend in tax cuts, you get back 30 cents to the economy

Fox News host Neil Cavuto forcefully accused his guest, Democratic strategist Chris Hahn, of lying when Hahn said of the...

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tax cuts

Publisher:

Author: David Brooks

19 Nov 2010

Weekness and Endurance

Magazines like Harper s, Saturday Review, Time and Newsweek arose to satisfy this tide of cultural aspiration. For...

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education, intellectual curiousity

Publisher:

Author: FP Passport

18 Nov 2010

Soros – China has better functioning government than U.S.

Mr. Soros even went so far as to say that at times China wields more power than the U.S. because of the political...

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china, us government, world leadership

Publisher:

Author: Frank Rich - NYT

14 Nov 2010

Who Will Stand Up to the Superrich

The wealthy Americans we should worry about instead are the ones who implicitly won the election those who take far more...

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democracy, equality, lobbyist, midterm elections, tax cuts

Publisher:

Author: NYTimes

5 Nov 2010

Midterm Election – Parsing the Myths Political Memo

Every election develops its own mythology, usually before the official results are even certified, and this week s was...

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financial reform, gop, healthcare, midterm elections, obama

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Author: NYTimes.com

1 Nov 2010

Jon Stewart Rally Shifts Blame to the News Media

Jon Stewart took steady aim on the one American institution that everyone can agree to hate: The Media. Within the...

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media, sanity rally

Publisher:

Author: Thomas Friedman

27 Oct 2010

Can’t Keep a Bad Idea Down

I confess, I find it dispiriting to read the polls and see candidates, mostly Republicans, leading in various midterm...

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democrats, economy, education, midterm elections, republicans, world ranking

Publisher:

Author: cookpolitical.com

26 Oct 2010

The Cook Political Report – The insider’s choice for election analysis

Charlie Cook is Publisher of The Cook Political Report, and political analyst for the National Journal Group, where he...

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elections, politics

Publisher:

Author: Roger Cohen

26 Oct 2010

Turkey Steps Out

Zero problems with neighbors lay at the core of Davutoglu s (Turkeys foriegn minister) influential book 'Strategic...

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european union, iran, middle east policy, turkey

Publisher:

Author: POLITICO

25 Oct 2010

TARP – A success none dare mention

The Troubled Asset Relief Program is widely viewed as the original sin of the Obama administration - though it was put...

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bailout, banks, midterm elections, tarp, wall street

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Author: Al Jazeera English

23 Oct 2010

Injustice in the age of Obama

Face it, we all know that since 9/11, there have been numerous false "terror" alerts and lies leading to the capture and...

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9-11, justice department, muslims

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Author: NYTimes.com

21 Oct 2010

John Roberts’ America

I wish Chief Justice John Roberts could spend a day and a night in the Rocky Mountains experiencing what his activist...

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john roberts, supreme court

Publisher:

Author: The New Republic

18 Oct 2010

Newt Gingrich, Sharia Law, And Islam Why Can’t Conservatives Understand That Not All Muslims Are Terrorists

The blanket demonization of the Holy Law can lead one to view Iraq s Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the most revered...

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islamophobia

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Author: Frank Rich - NYT

18 Oct 2010

The Rage Won’t End on Election Day

CARL Paladino began his New York gubernatorial campaign by bragging he'd "clean out Albany with a baseball bat." When an...

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extrimism, islamophobia, racism, tea party movement

Publisher:

Author: Frank Rich - NYT

11 Oct 2010

Facebook Politicians Are Not Your Friends

"THE Social Network," you re understandably sick of hearing, is a brilliant movie about the Harvard upstart Mark...

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critique, political messaging, social media

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Author: E.J. Dionne Jr. - Washington Post

13 Sep 2010

Repairing Citizens United becomes a test for three GOP senators

In a decision that was either the most Machiavellian in American history or the most naive, a 5 to 4 conservative...

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campaign finance, elections, supreme court

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Author: E.J. Dionne Jr. - Washington Post

15 Jul 2010

What the NAACP is really asking on racism within the Tea Party

The NAACP is doing what conservatives have done for decades in demanding that liberals and progressives separate...

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naacp, tea party movement

Publisher:

Author: David Icke

5 Jul 2010

US Soldier Speaks the Truth War Crimes Exposed

Us soldires speak openly and freely about the atrocities of war and the lies we are told by our governement and our...

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capitalism, civil disobediance, human rights, opposition, oppression, war

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Author: NY Times

23 May 2010

Book review ‘Cyber War’ by Richard Clarke

Maybe that's why experts such as Richard A. Clarke, the former White House terrorism adviser who famously failed to...

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cyber war, national security

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Author: NY Times - Editorial

19 May 2010

Mr. Blumenthals Misdirection

There are few sins less forgivable in American politics than claiming unearned military valor. Richard Blumenthal, the...

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congress, deception, elections, richard blumenthal

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Author: NYTimes.com

26 Apr 2010

Growing Split in Arizona Over Immigration

MESA, Ariz. They stood a few miles from each other, but as far apart as heat and cold.. Clutching a copy of a...

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arizona, immigration law

Publisher:

Author: Al Jazeera

24 Apr 2010

Arizona signs strict immigrant law

Jan Brewer, the governor of the US state of Arizona, has signed into law a controversial immigration bill, which Barack...

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immigration law

Publisher:

Author: David Brooks

20 Apr 2010

Riders on the Storm

In the mid-20th century, Americans got most of their news through a few big networks and mass-market magazines. People...

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education, internet, news

Publisher:

Author: Bill Clinton

19 Apr 2010

Violence Is Unacceptable in a Democracy

Americans have more freedom and broader rights than citizens of almost any other nation in the world, including the...

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boundaries, protests, violance

Publisher:

Author: Thomas Freedman

21 Mar 2010

America’s Real Dream Team

Indeed, if you need any more convincing about the virtues of immigration, just come to the Intel science finals. I am a...

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immigration

Publisher:

Author: The American Prospect

4 Mar 2010

The New McCarthyism

How a smearing of Justice Department lawyers as "terrorist sympathizers" traveled from the conservative media to the...

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justice department, us senate

Publisher:

Author: Opinionator Blog - NYT

27 Feb 2010

Missing the Tea Party

The real surprise of the Supreme Court s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which magnified the...

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political lobying, supreme court

Publisher:

Author: Bob Herbert

16 Feb 2010

What’s Wrong With Us

Gov. Ed Rendell likes to tell a story that goes back to his days as mayor of Philadelphia. As he recalled, the city had...

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infrastructure

Publisher:

Author: The Atlantic

16 Feb 2010

How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America

The Great Recession may be over, but this era of high joblessness is probably just beginning. Before it ends, it will...

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economy, jobs

Publisher:

Author: E. J Dionne

1 Feb 2010

Justice Alito’s candid response to Obama’s rebuke

The nation owes a substantial debt to Justice Samuel Alito for his display of unhappiness over President Obama's...

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activist judges, obama, supreme court

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Author: Reporters Sans Frontières

17 Jan 2010

Google rebels against China’s Internet censors

Reporters Without Borders hails US Internet giant Google s announcement yesterday that it will stop censoring the...

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censorship, china, google, human rights

Publisher:

Author: Tom Friedman

17 Jan 2010

What’s Our Sputnik

Dick Cheney says President Obama is trying to pretend that we are not at war with terrorists. There is only one thing I...

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growth, peace, personal responsibility, progress

Publisher:

Author: Gail Collins

15 Jan 2010

The 10 Percent Rules

If Massachusetts was the Department of Homeland Security, the special election to fill Ted Kennedy s senate seat would...

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elections, senate rules

Publisher:

Author: Frank Rich

10 Jan 2010

The Other Plot to Wreck America

THERE may not be a person in America without a strong opinion about what coulda, shoulda been done to prevent the...

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bailout, bankers, wall street

Publisher:

Author: Ira Shapiro

7 Jan 2010

The Year the Senate Fell

ON Wednesday, Senator Chris Dodd announced his retirement after 30 years in the Senate. As a Senate Democratic staffer...

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chris dodd, senate

Publisher:

Author: Nicholas Kristof

7 Jan 2010

The Happiest People

Hmmm. You think it s a coincidence? Costa Rica is one of the very few countries to have abolished its army, and it s...

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education, environment, military

Publisher:

Author: Media Decoder Blog: NYTimes.com

31 Dec 2009

On Television and Radio, Talk of Obamas Citizenship

The conspiracy theorists who have claimed for more than a year that President Obama is not a United States citizen have...

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birth certificate, obama

Publisher:

Author: Frank Rich

20 Dec 2009

Tiger Woods, Person of the Year

AS we say farewell to a dreadful year and decade, this much we can agree upon: The person of the year is not Ben...

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person of the year

Publisher:

Author: Fox and friends

17 Nov 2009

Beck: People on the terror watch list should be allowed to buy guns

Notice how Beck and Fox hosts circumvent their own question on Gun control by changing the subject from whether...

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glenn beck, gun control

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Author: Raw Story

16 Nov 2009

100 new militia groups since Obama elected

Mark Potok told CNN that the Southern Poverty Law Center has found 100 new militia groups since President Barack Obama...

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militia, obama

Publisher:

Author: Nicholas Kristof

15 Nov 2009

Triumph of a Dreamer

Of all the people earning university degrees this year, perhaps the most remarkable story belongs to Tererai (pronounced...

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education

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Author: Center for Politics

5 Nov 2009

Forecasting the Midterm Elections, Crystal Ball, U.Va.

The 2010 midterm election is still 14 months away. Fourteen months is a lifetime in politics. We don't know how many...

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midterm elections

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Author: Crooks and Liars

22 Oct 2009

Charlie Rose Andrew Ross Sorkin Discusses His Book ‘Too Big to Fail’

From Charlie Rose on PBS, Andrew Ross Sorkin discusses his new book Too Big to Fail. I highly recommend watching the...

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bailout

Publisher:

Author: Bob Herbert

13 Oct 2009

Behind the Laughter

Even as teachers by the tens of thousands are walking the plank to unemployment, we re learning, as The Times reported...

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education, poverty

Publisher:

Author: Factcheck.org

10 Oct 2009

77-Cent Increase Per Gallon of Gas?

Q: Will the House cap-and-trade bill raise the cost of a gallon of gasoline by 77 cents? A: That extreme estimate comes...

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lobbyists, oil

Publisher:

Author: Paul Krugman

9 Oct 2009

The Uneducated American

If you had to explain America s economic success with one word, that word would be education. In the 19th century,...

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education funding

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Author: Media Matters for America

5 Oct 2009

If It’s Sunday, It’s Conservative An analysis of the Sunday talk show guests on ABC, CBS, and NBC, 1997 – 2005

The Sunday-morning talk shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC are where the prevailing opinions are aired and tested, policymakers...

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media bias

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Author: Media Matters for America

5 Oct 2009

Speaking of overexposed

Last week, ABC News ran a segment about the possibility -- promoted by conservatives and journalists but undermined by...

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media bias

Publisher:

Author: Tom Freedman

4 Oct 2009

Still Not Tired

In this war on terrorism, there is no good war or bad war. There is one war with many fronts, including Europe and our...

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terrorism

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Author: washingtonpost.com

4 Oct 2009

Lewin Group, Insurer-Owned Consulting Firm, Often Cited in Health Reform Debate

The political battle over health-care reform is waged largely with numbers, and few number-crunchers have shaped the...

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healthcare, lobbyists

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Author: BusinessWeek

4 Oct 2009

The Health Insurers Have Already Won

As the health reform fight shifts this month from a vacationing Washington to congressional districts and local airwaves...

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healthcare, lobbyists

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Author: NYTimes.com

4 Oct 2009

White House Affirms Deal on Drug Cost

Pressed by industry lobbyists, White House officials on Wednesday assured drug makers that the administration stood by a...

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big pharma, lobbyists

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