USA

By Saul Landau Like most people, we Americans remember dates related to our heritage. We celebrate July 4, 1776, with a day off, picnics, beer and fireworks. Judging from my former…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Once upon a time, a Latin American political party promised to help motorists save money on gasoline. How? By building highways that ran only…
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By Bill Press WARNING: Do not expect to find here my normal, weekly, insightful, Pulitzer Prize-worthy column. I have decided, instead, to put my personal opinions aside for one week…
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House Committee on Foreign Affairs Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Statement of Chairman Howard L. Berman on H.R. 4645 Washington, DC – Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the…
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By NBC News and MSNBC Some firms with billions in revenues get to pay less tax than traditional corporations. A number of companies with multi-billion dollar revenues have been…
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By Max J. Castro It was supposed to be the “summer of (economic) recovery.” Instead, it was the summer of reactionary politics. It has been an excellent few months indeed for the…
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By Saul Landau September 21, 1976, 9:45 am. My home phone buzzed. “I just saw the worst accident,” my wife said. “Smoke coming from the car, metal and maybe parts of a body and cops…
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By Bill Press What a difference a year makes. Last summer, both Republicans and Democrats considered the idea of a Tea Party a joke. Tea Partiers were good at raising hell at town…
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From the Along the Malecon blog Earlier this week, Saul Landau and Nelson P. Valdés wrote an article questioning former Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega's tactics in Cuba.…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes In May, Roger Noriega, former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (2003-2005), acknowledged he conspired with James Cason, chief…
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