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By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdés “The average Washington correspondent is content to write what he is spoon-fed by the government's press officers.” I. F. Stone, 1953. “When the…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times I’m starting to have a sick feeling about prospects for American workers -- but not, or not entirely, for the reasons you might think. Yes,…
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By Bill Press You've heard of the gang that couldn't shoot straight? Barack Obama's the man who can't shoot straight. His first 20 months have zipped by with nothing to show for…
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By Bill Press Shirley Sherrod has been offered a new job in the Department of Agriculture. And by the time you read this, I hope she has taken it. She was done wrong. And she would…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com These days the discussion in Washington D.C. centers on deficits. Deficit hawks abound; they predict the country will be ruined unless the U.S.…
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By Saul Landau Someone, perhaps the protagonist himself, made a mistake -- perhaps an “oversight,” as Washington bureaucrats label their errors. Alan Gross, on a mission for his…
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By Wallace C. Turbeville From new deal 2.0 The current system of trader compensation will continue to decay the heart of Wall Street. Which is a greater threat to the nation --…
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By Joshua Green (Editor’s Note: This column is taken from Boston.com. It appeared on July 22. We thought it was important to print. Although you don’t hear of Jeb Bush, he is an…
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By Bob Stallman From the Houston Chronicle A bill moving through the U.S. House would lift America's last travel ban on Cuba, and in the process, lead to more agricultural…
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By Wayne S. Smith From The Nation Magazine Quite apart from Fidel Castro’s rare TV interview , there have recently been a number of encouraging developments in Cuba. A leading…
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