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By Michael Moore So ... it turns out President Eisenhower wasn't making up all that stuff about the military-industrial complex. That's what you'll conclude if you read Bob Woodward's…
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By Saul Landau On September 27, Cuban state television aired a new kind of Reality Show featuring a strange “black hat” as people call the bad guys in the old oaters. Francisco Chavez…
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By Bill Press Liberals are unhappy. Of course! Liberals are always unhappy. It's their nature. But, this time, liberals are especially unhappy because both the president and vice…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have reached a predictable impasse. Despite pleas from virtually the entire international community -- including…
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By Julia E. Sweig From The New York Times A radical new phase in Cuban history is unfolding in plain sight. But unlike the rest of the world, Washington appears not to notice. Under…
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By Emily Cadei From Congressional Quarterly House Foreign Affairs Chairman Howard L. Berman, D-Calif., indicated Wednesday that he remains determined to mark up a bill this year that…
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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com Trying to exorcise their reputation as the “party of no,” Congressional Republicans last week released a set of proposals they plan to offer should…
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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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