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(Editor’s Note: This is a reprint of pieces of an interview conducted by Lesley Stahl of CBS News during the TV program ’60 Minutes.”) A year ago, Paul O'Neill was fired from his…
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By Bill Press You won't hear me say this often, but here goes: I apologize for all the nasty things I said about Newt Gingrich in last week's column. I'll even go so far as to admit…
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By Robert Scheer From Truthdig The fix was in to let the Wall Street scoundrels off the hook for the enormous damage they caused in creating the Great Recession. All of the leading…
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By Saul Landau How did this country survive before it found formidable enemies around which the government could mobilize hatred and fear? I don’t remember the 1930s when poverty,…
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By Bill Press What do you get when you put Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Ron Paul and Gary Johnson on the same stage together? A plea for help! That's what we heard from…
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By Saul Landau “The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him.” - George W. Bush, 9/13/01 “I am…
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By Mark Engler I have a proposal: Let's double U.S. government funds devoted to promoting renewable energy. Let's expand allocations for foreclosure prevention to help another one…
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By Bill Press From the Navy SEALs' daring raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, we learned a lot about the world's most wanted man. We learned he wasn't such a macho guy, after all.…
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The death of Osama bin Laden An Editorial taken from The New York Times The killing of Osama bin Laden provoked a host of reactions from Americans: celebration, triumph, relief, closure…
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By Saul Landau In April, the Army transferred Private Bradley Manning from a Quantico, Virginia, solitary confinement cell to the federal prison at Leavenworth Kansas. At Quantico,…
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