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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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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Barack Obama’s administration has accomplished a great deal in a year and a half. It averted a cataclysmic financial meltdown that would have…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes On July 8, the Washington Post lead story reported Cuba had released five political prisoners with assurances of forty-seven more to come in the near…
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By Bill Press President Obama avoids "confrontation," complains Senator Harry Reid. That's right. Just two days after President Obama left Las Vegas, having raised beaucoup bucks for…
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