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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com The last ten years the United States has witnessed perhaps the greatest transfer of wealth in history. The 2001 Bush tax cuts, set to expire at the…
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By Robert C. Koehler What does it mean that the New York Times, upon the occasion of President Obama's announced drawdown of forces in Iraq, called our seven and a half years of…
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A La Alborada Editorial On September 9, the Los Angeles Times published an article about Alan Gross, the USAID subcontractor who has been jailed in Cuba, with this headline: "Case of…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, met in Washington last Thursday to resume direct talks…
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By Saul Landau In the San Francisco Bay Area, California’s Central Valley, Los Angeles, New York City, Washington DC, Miami and other areas I’ve visited over the last year, I…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Here’s the situation: The U.S. economy has been crippled by a financial crisis. The president’s policies have limited the damage, but they…
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By Bill Press It was bad enough, in July 2009, when Glenn Beck called President Obama a "racist" with a "deep-seated hatred of white people." But when, on Aug. 29, he finally…
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From the blog, Along the Malecon During his 28 years in Congress, Howard Berman has earned a reputation for his ability to bring Democrats and Republicans together. Now, as chairman of…
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By Anya Landau French From the Huffington Post Well, I can't say it was any big surprise. Yesterday, President Obama renewed his authority under the otherwise defunct Trading with the…
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By Eugene Robinson From The Washington Post According to polls, Americans are in a mood to hold their breath until they turn blue. Voters appear to be so fed up with the Democrats that…
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