USA

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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By Ralph Nader From Bloomberg.net The stars are aligned for Barack Obama’s re-election in November 2012. He won’t join Jimmy Carter to be the second Democrat in 120 years to lose a…
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By Bill Press Which of the following statements is true? (1) There is no such thing as global warming. (2) September 11 was an inside job, engineered by George Bush and Dick Cheney.…
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By David Brooks From the Mexican daily La Jornada “This is change?” asks a box of mints with the image of Barack Obama. They are called “dissappoint-mints” and are made by the…
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By Bill Press Among all the wicked tongues of Washington, D.C., there has never been a sharper one than that of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Teddy's first daughter. It was she who said…
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By Albor Ruiz From the New York Daily News Asked by reporters how the profound changes announced last week in Havana by President Raúl Castro at the Sixth Communist Party Congress –…
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