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Can anyone rein in the NYPD’s spies?
From The Nation
“Where’s the outrage?” was the refrain on a recent weeknight at a panel organized by the Police Reform Organizing Project in Manhattan. The question…
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Republicans implode; I’m uneasy
By Saul Landau
“Romney now flaunting his wealth to impress voters!” (The Onion)
I smiled weakly when liberal Democrat friends guffawed last week over verbal foibles of Mitt…
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Requiem for Rush
By Bill Press
One thing about Rush Limbaugh: When he steps in it, he steps in it big time. And he sure did so this time.
For El Rushbo, as he proudly calls himself, it started out as…
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Wait. Wasn’t Obama winning?
By Ross Douthat
From The New York Times
Why aren’t President Obama’s poll numbers higher? That’s the question unsettling the Washington conventional wisdom this week. Amid improving…
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Santorum makes me want to throw up
By Bill Press
Here's a good idea. Let's say you're a former senator. You're running for president of the United States. You want to appeal to blue-collar, middle-class voters.
So what…
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Scooter Libby v. Bradley Manning: Malice v. nobility
By Saul Landau
After 9/11, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, a Yale graduate with a law degree from Columbia, and fellow neo cons plotted to twist and invent “intelligence” data to convince…
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Numbers don’t lie: Huge deficit not Obama’s fault
Robyn Blumner
President Barack Obama's budget has about as much chance of passing the Republican-controlled House as a proclamation applauding J.C. Penney for standing by Ellen.…
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President Rick Santorum
By Saul Landau
The media’s ability to confuse celebrity “news” with war and economic disaster grows stronger.
“As North Korea ramped up its threats to attack…
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Another march to war?
By Matt Taibbi
From Reader Supported News
As a journalist, there's a buzz you can detect once the normal restraints in your business have been loosened, a smell of fresh chum in the…
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The Syrian dilemma
By Saul Landau
How to evaluate events in Syria and what to do? Syria borders on Turkey (north), Iraq (east), the Mediterranean (west), Lebanon (south and west), Israel (Golan Heights)…
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