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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Obama is nothing if not persistent, but does he have the audacity to show the Israelis that actions have real and not just symbolic consequences…
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By Saul Landau During mid July, the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s qualifications for the Supreme Court. The Solon’s oratory focused on themes of…
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Thanks to a Havana Note blog entry from John McAuliff A story came across the McClatchy wire on Friday night that felt like a punch in the gut. It made it seem as though the President…
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By Benjamin Sarlin From The Daily Beast Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh raised eyebrows back in March when he told an audience at the University of Minnesota that Dick Cheney ran…
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By Bill Press Ugly, white, Southern male Republicans on parade. That's what we saw in the Senate Judiciary Committee: ugly, white, Southern male Republicans on parade, trying to derail…
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By Max J. Castro maxjcastro@gmail.com The folks who brought us the economic meltdown -- the financial industry -- are now fighting a pitched battle and paying millions of dollars to…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times The American economy remains in dire straits, with one worker in six unemployed or underemployed. Yet Goldman Sachs just reported record…
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By Arturo López Levy From CubaNuestra Digital (Author's Note: This article was submitted to Encuentro en la Red, where my articles have routinely been published without censorship.…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson P. Valdes (This essay was written on July 19, before any agreement was reached as to the conditions of Zelaya’s return to Honduras.) "Why haven't there been…
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By Bill Press "It's one of the most brilliant political moves ever. It shows she's not just your typical, run-of-the-mill politician. It will help her raise money. And it immediately…
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