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By Saul Landau Pundits, professional interpreters of events, have awarded the Republicans with a “legislative landslide” in the House, and declared the Democrats “brutally defeated.”…
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By Bill Press After the "shellacking" they took on Nov. 2, there's only one thing all Democrats agree on: Nancy Pelosi has to go! And there's no doubt why. She's a nice lady, but she…
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By Jackie Calmes From The New York Times WASHINGTON — A draft proposal to be released Wednesday by the chairmen of President Obama’s bipartisan commission on reducing the federal debt…
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By Robert Reich From the Robert Reich blog Next time you hear an economist or denizen of Wall Street talk about how the "American economy" is doing these days, watch your wallet.…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Gushing with unrestrained ethnic pride, Miami Herald editorial page editor Myriam Marquez seemed to include all Cubans in celebrating the election…
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By Saul Landau “Stone” takes a hybrid Norman Rockwell-Grant Wood portrait of an aging mid western couple, adds two Quentin Tarantino characters who excel in manipulating and offers a…
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By Bill Press Even before the midterm elections, a lot of adjectives were used to describe American voters today. They are frustrated, disappointed, dissatisfied, disillusioned, and…
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By Albor Ruiz From the New York Daily News It is a never-ending story: Americans won't be traveling to Cuba anytime soon, at least not legally. Whatever modest hopes about relaxing…
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By Alex Main From MRzine In the early years of the past decade, two hard-line Cold Warriors, closely associated with radical right-wing Cuban exile groups in Florida, occupied…
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By Matt Taibbi From Rolling Stone Magazine Just quickly: I just found out about the suspension of Keith Olbermann for making political contributions. NBC apparently has some policy…
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