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Tax cuts: No deal better than bad deal
By Bill Press
I'll bet you didn't know that the mayors of Detroit, Philadelphia, Charlotte, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Oklahoma City, Los Angeles, and Columbus, Ohio -- as well as the…
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Washington Post distracts when referencing the Alan Gross case
By Arturo Lopez Levy
From The Havana Note
From its title “Cuba’s Jewish hostage”, the Washington Post editorial of last Tuesday, December 7, about the situation of Alan Gross is an…
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Washington Post-ABC Poll: Public not yet sold on GOP
Results may have been a vote against the status quo
By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen
From The Washington Post
Republicans made major gains in the November elections, but they have yet to win…
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Ros-Lehtinen: My mission is to cut the state and foreign aid budgets
By Josh Rogin
From Foreign Policy
Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the incoming chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, isn't wasting any time in pressing for…
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Freshmen party
A New York Times editorial
Adam Kinzinger of Illinois is one of the new Republican lawmakers swept into office last month on a promise to change the ways of Washington. “If we look…
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While earth burned
By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com
This year is expected to be among the three hottest since climate data began to be systematically collected more than 150 years ago. Indeed, there…
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Wikileaks deserves an award
By Saul Landau
“Congress shall make no law …abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.”
-- 1st Amendment
U.S. officials routinely declare commitment to a free press – except…
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Let’s not make a deal
By Paul Krugman
From The New York Times
Back in 2001, former President George W. Bush pulled a fast one. He wanted to enact an irresponsible tax cut, largely for the benefit of the…
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Bipartisanship? Waste of time!
By Bill Press
Let's be honest. Some things just aren't what they're cracked up to be: luxury cruises, family reunions, blind dates, Twitter -- and bipartisanship.
Poor Barack Obama.…
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Obama: On the way to a failed presidency
By Katrina vanden Heuvel
From The Washington Post
Ronald Reagan famously quipped that the Democratic Party left him before he left the party. Like many progressive supporters of Barack…
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