Losing Our Way
The U.S. can find the resources for endless warfare, but not for nation-building here at home.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
G.O.P. Push in States to Deregulate Environment By LESLIE KAUFMAN Legislatures and governors are moving aggressively against conservation measures and regulations they see as too burdensome to business interests.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Democrats Can Win the Budget Debate By Joe Conason — Having hesitated to fully enter the fiscal fray, President Obama has at last delivered a plausible, principled response to the budgetary flimflams of the far right.
The grief the GOP just brought on itself House Republicans just went on record supporting a radical overhaul of Medicare. No wonder Democrats are smiling By Steve Kornacki
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Raise America’s Taxes by Nicholas D. Kristof Let’s discuss the elephant in the room at the Capitol Building: We need higher taxes.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
At Last: A President, Not a Ref By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — President Obama has finally decided to take his own side in the philosophical struggle that is the true engine of this nation’s budget debate.
The False Debate on the Debt America is stuck in an absurd debate over how deeply to cut teachers’ pensions and seniors’ medical benefits while preserving tax breaks for the superrich. by Robert Scheer
That's what it means to be a Democrat The president laid out a vision of optimism and equal opportunity that made Paul Ryan and the GOP look small by Joan Walsh
Now that was a speech Obama decries a GOP budget plan that would "end Medicare as we know it" in order to pay for tax cuts for the rich by Andrew Leonard
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
An Offensive Response to the Budget 'Crisis' Deficit hawks across the political spectrum and the tea partiers claim America is broke. It isn't. We can deal with our debt by taxing extreme concentrations of wealth. by Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sunday, April 10, 2011
50 Years Later, Republicans Still Trying To Kill Medicare Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed the obvious about Paul Ryan's plan to end Medicare as we know it. The GOP plan to "voucherize" and inevitably ration Medicare would lead to future seniors paying more - much more - for health insurance. Of course, killing the wildly popular program which helped dramatically reduce poverty among the elderly is no problem for the Republicans. After all, they've been at it for 50 years.
Ludicrous and Cruel by Paul Krugman Once you stop listening to all the swooning and read the numbers, the Republican budget proposal looks like more voodoo economics. *
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Donald Trump Strikes Back by Gail Collins In a Letter to the Editor, he covers all his issues with Barack Obama’s citizenship status. And he complains about being referred to as a “birther.”
Friday, April 08, 2011
Wisconsin Election Surprise: David Prosser Gains 7,500 Votes After 'Human Error' In Waukesha County. www.huffingtonpost.com This story has been updated. WASHINGTON -- In a dramatic turn of events on Thursday, the Waukesha County clerk announced that the vote total announced for Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court race had been mistaken -- and that the corrected numbers changed the outcome of the entire election.
Thursday, April 07, 2011
The Right’s War on Moderation By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — However the shutdown saga ends, the negotiating styles of the two sides ought to tell moderates that they can no longer pretend that the two ends of our politics are equally “extreme.”
Countdown to the Tea Party's comeuppance Tea Partiers want a shutdown and they may get one. But someone should remind them: It ain't 2010 anymore by Steve Kornacki *
The GOP's ideological budget fight will increase federal spending by Joan McCarter (Larry Downing/REUTERS)At the Wonk Room, Pat Garofalo and Igor Volsky take a closer look at the numerous riders the GOP is insisting on in their budget negotiations, and find out how much the ideological crusade the GOP is on in the name of deficit slashing would actually increase federal spending. *
Congressman endorses shutdown if GOP doesn't get everything it wants by Jed Lewison Indiana Republican Mike Pence says that if Democrats don't accept every single Republican demand for spending cuts, then he supports shutting down the federal government—and believes the Democrats will be blamed. *
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Republicans thank Seniors for their vote by Proposing Medicare Plan Which makes Seniors Pay Most of crooksandliars.com Many Tea Party seniors came out and voted for Republicans in the mid term elections hoping for a John Birch-like solution to our economic problems. It's a little tough Goin' Galt at that age, but what they got as Dean Baker points out is an overhaul plan that destroys their sainted Medicare plan and puts the burden of the health care completely on their own income according to the CBO.
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret. By Joseph E. Stiglitz
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Why the Reckless Republicans Win By Joe Conason — The Republican minority within a minority is getting its way because nobody else in Washington is reckless enough to promote a government shutdown. *
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
The New American Dream www.truth-out.org If you are wealthy, you are living in the Golden Age of your American Dream, and it's a damned fine time to be alive. The two major political parties are working hammer and tong to bless you and keep you.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Juan Cole and Katrina vanden Heuvel: Do We Belong in Libya?
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel speaks with Middle East scholar Juan Cole about his open letter to the left on Libya.
The failure of shareholder capitalism
Companies exist for their workers and their communities -- not just their CEOs and their investors
Monday, March 28, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Billionaire self-pity and the Koch brothers
The libertarian tycoons explain why they are the True Victims of America's political culture
by Glenn GreenwaldSaturday, March 26, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Hypocrisy breaks out all over on Libya
Ignoring Congress makes Obama's war look like Bush's. But the right reacts in ways it used to consider traitorous
by Joan Walsh
What’s So Scary About NPR? By Joe Conason —
Somehow nobody asked the most obvious question: If NPR were truly slanted toward the liberal side, why would a phony tape of a private conversation be needed as proof?
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Why the Republicans Hate NPR
by Robert Creamer
Political organizer, strategist and author
Yesterday, Republicans in the House passed a bill with no Democratic support to cut off funding for NPR altogether and to restrict local public radio stations from using federal funds from buying programing from NPR.
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Pro-Worker Movement Power in Wisconsin: What's Next?
by John Nichols
Governor Scott Walker has unintentionally created a powerful movement. Now that Walker has got his bill, how will the pro-union forces push back? General strike? Break the banks? Recall? All of the above?
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How Not to Fight Terrorism
By Joe Conason —
Stigmatizing Muslims and their faith may win airtime for Rep. Peter King and draw cameras to his committee, but it does nothing to advance the security of the United States.
What Wisconsin Can Teach Washington
By E.J. Dionne, Jr. —
Consider the contrast between two groups of Democrats, in Wisconsin and in the nation’s capital, and the reaction of voters.
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By Joe Conason —
Stigmatizing Muslims and their faith may win airtime for Rep. Peter King and draw cameras to his committee, but it does nothing to advance the security of the United States.
What Wisconsin Can Teach Washington
By E.J. Dionne, Jr. —
Consider the contrast between two groups of Democrats, in Wisconsin and in the nation’s capital, and the reaction of voters.
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Why the Fate of Democracy is at Stake in Madison
by Noam Chomsky Democracy in the U.S. has taken a different turn. After World War II the country enjoyed unprecedented growth, largely egalitarian and accompanied by legislation that benefited most people. The trend continued through the Richard Nixon years, which ended the liberal era.
Peter King's Modern Day Witch Hunt
by Eugene Robinson
Rep. Peter King's witch hunt against Muslim Americans.
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by Eugene Robinson
Rep. Peter King's witch hunt against Muslim Americans.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
The GOP’s Ingenious Madman Strategy
By E.J. Dionne, Jr. —
Richard Nixon espoused what he called “the madman theory.” It’s a negotiating approach that induces the other side to believe you are capable of dangerously irrational actions and leads it to back down to avoid the wreckage your rage might let loose.
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. —
Richard Nixon espoused what he called “the madman theory.” It’s a negotiating approach that induces the other side to believe you are capable of dangerously irrational actions and leads it to back down to avoid the wreckage your rage might let loose.
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Flailing After Muslims
by Bob Herbert
This week’s scheduled hearing into the Muslim community is an affront to America’s most precious ideals.
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Why Wouldn’t the Tea Party Shut It Down?
by Frank Rich
This battle, ostensibly over the deficit, is so much larger than the sum of its line-item parts.
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by Frank Rich
This battle, ostensibly over the deficit, is so much larger than the sum of its line-item parts.
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Why Wisconsin matters
E.J. Dionne Jr.
A 1950s standoff sets the stage for Scott Walker's current confrontation.
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E.J. Dionne Jr.
A 1950s standoff sets the stage for Scott Walker's current confrontation.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Rupert Murdoch and David Koch Collude Against Wisconsin Workers
By Adele M. Stan / AlterNet
Confirmed: Union-Bashing Right-Wing Media Stars Hannity, Limbaugh and O'Reilly Are AFL-CIO Union-Affiliated Members
By Ted Cox AlterNet
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By Adele M. Stan / AlterNet
Confirmed: Union-Bashing Right-Wing Media Stars Hannity, Limbaugh and O'Reilly Are AFL-CIO Union-Affiliated Members
By Ted Cox AlterNet
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The Wisconsin Lie Exposed - Taxpayers Actually Contribute Nothing To Public Employee Pensions blogs.forbes.com
Pulitzer Prize winning tax reporter, David Cay Johnston, has written a brilliant piece for tax.com exposing the truth about who really pays for the pension and benefits for public employees in Wisconsin.
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Pulitzer Prize winning tax reporter, David Cay Johnston, has written a brilliant piece for tax.com exposing the truth about who really pays for the pension and benefits for public employees in Wisconsin.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Yes, America Still Needs Unions
By Joe Conason —
Even in its terribly weakened condition, the labor movement remains a bulwark against the kind of corporate tyranny that would swiftly make serfs of the rest of us.
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By Joe Conason —
Even in its terribly weakened condition, the labor movement remains a bulwark against the kind of corporate tyranny that would swiftly make serfs of the rest of us.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
George Soros – He’s No Koch Brother: Infographic
These days "George Soros!" is the right-wing equivalent of "Na-na-na-na-na!" But which billionaire is better for America: Soros, or David & Charles Koch?
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These days "George Soros!" is the right-wing equivalent of "Na-na-na-na-na!" But which billionaire is better for America: Soros, or David & Charles Koch?
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Fake "Koch brother" calls up Wisconsin governor
By Alex Pareene
Scott Walker to 'Koch Caller': Thanks For All the Support
by John Nichols
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Overpaid columnist: Teachers are overpaid
The Washington Post's Richard Cohen is also upset that retired cops make nearly as much as he does
by Alex Pareene
Wisconsin governor's weak "fireside chat"
Scott Walker claims to not be at war with unions, argues that collective bargaining increased the deficit
by Alex Pareene
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Scooter Steps In It
Much like Scooter didn't finish college, his plan didn't quite go off as well as he hoped. Actually, it hasn't gone well at all.
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The bigger Clarence Thomas scandal
His ethical blindness is alarming, but it's also common on the Supreme Court -- and there's no way to stop it .
by Ben Adler
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His ethical blindness is alarming, but it's also common on the Supreme Court -- and there's no way to stop it .
by Ben Adler
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Koch Brothers Behind Wisconsin Effort To Kill Public Unions
As the nation focuses on the efforts of Governor Scott Walker to take away collective bargaining rights from public employees in Wisconsin, new information is coming to light that reveals what is truly going on here.
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As the nation focuses on the efforts of Governor Scott Walker to take away collective bargaining rights from public employees in Wisconsin, new information is coming to light that reveals what is truly going on here.
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
GOP plan to split lower classes exposed: author The labor unrest in Wisconsin exposed the Republican Party's plan to essentially divide-and-conquer the lower classes in America.
Why Do They Hate Social Security? By Joe Conason —
Among the mysteries of modern politics in America is why so many of our leading pundits and politicians persistently seek to undermine Social Security, that enduring and successful emblem of active government.
Obama and the Failure of the Deficit HawksBy E.J. Dionne, Jr. —
The president has proposed some serious spending cuts and some modest revenue increases to keep things stable. This annoys his deficit-obsessed critics. He should smile, let them rage, and go about his business.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
With AOL's $315 Million Deal: Will 'Huffington Post' Still Be 'Huffington Post'?
What to Make of the AOL Purchase of Huffington Post ... of the Comcast/NBCU deal—AOL’s $315-million purchase of Huffington Post ought not come as a surprise ... with a balance that never was achieved. But this is about a lot more than AOL and Huffington Post . Indeed, it ...
by John Nichols
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What to Make of the AOL Purchase of Huffington Post ... of the Comcast/NBCU deal—AOL’s $315-million purchase of Huffington Post ought not come as a surprise ... with a balance that never was achieved. But this is about a lot more than AOL and Huffington Post . Indeed, it ...
by John Nichols
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Sunday, February 06, 2011
Wallflowers at the Revolution
by Frank Rich
Amid the Egyptian crisis, television pundits aggrandized American inventions, Twitter and Facebook.
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by Frank Rich
Amid the Egyptian crisis, television pundits aggrandized American inventions, Twitter and Facebook.
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Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Why does the GOP hide its agenda?
by Joan Walsh
Ryan stays mum about his budget-busting "Roadmap" while Bachmann peddles debunked myths in rebutting Obama's SOTU
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by Joan Walsh
Ryan stays mum about his budget-busting "Roadmap" while Bachmann peddles debunked myths in rebutting Obama's SOTU
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By Richard Reeves —
If Americans had really understood what was happening with the Peace Corps, we might be a much greater country today and the world might be a better place as well.
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If Americans had really understood what was happening with the Peace Corps, we might be a much greater country today and the world might be a better place as well.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Financial Crisis Was Avoidable, Inquiry Finds
By SEWELL CHAN
A Congressional inquiry said bankers and regulators could have seen the 2008 crisis coming and stopped it.
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By SEWELL CHAN
A Congressional inquiry said bankers and regulators could have seen the 2008 crisis coming and stopped it.
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
The implicit lie the GOP will endlessly repeat
by Jay Bookman
Government spending did not cause the recession. Government spending had nothing to do with the recession. Government spending is not responsible for killing the 8 million jobs that have vanished from this country. In fact, there is no economic mechanism, no plausible cause and effect relationship, by which that can be said to be true.
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by Jay Bookman
Government spending did not cause the recession. Government spending had nothing to do with the recession. Government spending is not responsible for killing the 8 million jobs that have vanished from this country. In fact, there is no economic mechanism, no plausible cause and effect relationship, by which that can be said to be true.
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Fudging the Facts on Health Care and Deficits
By Joe Conason —
Data sets and out-year projections may make everybody’s eyes glaze over, but without accurate information, the end result of legislation is disaster.
JFK’s Eloquence, 50 Years Later
By E.J. Dionne, Jr. —
It’s remembered as a day chilled by “a Siberian wind knifing down Pennsylvania Avenue” and illuminated by “the dazzling combination of bright sunshine and deep snow.”
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By Joe Conason —
Data sets and out-year projections may make everybody’s eyes glaze over, but without accurate information, the end result of legislation is disaster.
JFK’s Eloquence, 50 Years Later
By E.J. Dionne, Jr. —
It’s remembered as a day chilled by “a Siberian wind knifing down Pennsylvania Avenue” and illuminated by “the dazzling combination of bright sunshine and deep snow.”
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Friday, January 21, 2011
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Palin Fails The Test
by John Dickerson
Sarah Palin's response to the Tucson shooting is defensive, illogical, distracting—and late.
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by John Dickerson
Sarah Palin's response to the Tucson shooting is defensive, illogical, distracting—and late.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
How We Enable Crimes of Insanity
By Joe Conason —
The law requires us to assess Jared Lee Loughner’s mental state and motivations, but we might do better to analyze our own craziness.
How Violent Talk Blocks Sane Gun Laws
By E.J. Dionne, Jr. —
The descriptions of President Obama as a “tyrant,” the intimations that he is “alien” and the suggestions that his presidency is illegitimate are essential to the core rationale for resisting any restrictions on firearms.
Words That Don’t Heal
By Ruth Marcus —
Blood libel is a term with a specific and terrible history. It refers to the scurrilous accusation that Jews kidnapped and murdered Christian children to use their blood to prepare Passover matzo.
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By Joe Conason —
The law requires us to assess Jared Lee Loughner’s mental state and motivations, but we might do better to analyze our own craziness.
How Violent Talk Blocks Sane Gun Laws
By E.J. Dionne, Jr. —
The descriptions of President Obama as a “tyrant,” the intimations that he is “alien” and the suggestions that his presidency is illegitimate are essential to the core rationale for resisting any restrictions on firearms.
Words That Don’t Heal
By Ruth Marcus —
Blood libel is a term with a specific and terrible history. It refers to the scurrilous accusation that Jews kidnapped and murdered Christian children to use their blood to prepare Passover matzo.
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Sam Stein: Obama Re-Introduces the Human Element to the Giffords Tragedy
It is when there is a human element to his presidency that Barack Obama tends to stand the tallest. And on Wednesday evening, as he spoke to 20,000-plus at a memorial service at the University of Arizona, there was, if nothing else, an emotional honesty to what he had to say. To a nation looking for clarity, Obama didn't pretend to have all the answers. There is, he noted, a tendency to demand "order" from "chaos," to try and "make sense out of that which seems senseless." Life doesn't always comply.
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It is when there is a human element to his presidency that Barack Obama tends to stand the tallest. And on Wednesday evening, as he spoke to 20,000-plus at a memorial service at the University of Arizona, there was, if nothing else, an emotional honesty to what he had to say. To a nation looking for clarity, Obama didn't pretend to have all the answers. There is, he noted, a tendency to demand "order" from "chaos," to try and "make sense out of that which seems senseless." Life doesn't always comply.
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Monday, January 10, 2011
Weapon in rampage was banned under Clinton-era law
The now-expired assault weapons ban made it illegal to make the type of magazine used in the Giffords shooting
by Justin Elliott
Gail Collins: A Right to Bear Glocks?
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The now-expired assault weapons ban made it illegal to make the type of magazine used in the Giffords shooting
by Justin Elliott
Gail Collins: A Right to Bear Glocks?
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Sunday, January 09, 2011
Shame on Sarah Palin
by Matthew Rothschild
She played recklessly with violent rhetoric, and she literally targeted Gabrielle Giffords.
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by Matthew Rothschild
She played recklessly with violent rhetoric, and she literally targeted Gabrielle Giffords.
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Saturday, January 08, 2011
Faux Faithful Abuse Constitution
by James Zogby
This tendency to make "idolatrous worship of the American nation", its rituals, artifacts, and places, is as old as the country itself.
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by James Zogby
This tendency to make "idolatrous worship of the American nation", its rituals, artifacts, and places, is as old as the country itself.
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Health-care melodrama
by Eugene Robinson
The whole idea of repealing the law is theatrical -- and woefully ill-advised.
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by Eugene Robinson
The whole idea of repealing the law is theatrical -- and woefully ill-advised.
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Get Ready for a G.O.P. Rerun
by Bob Herbert
The Republican agenda: more riches for the rich, more misery for the rest.
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by Bob Herbert
The Republican agenda: more riches for the rich, more misery for the rest.
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