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My friend, the prince of darkness
By Bill Press
It wasn't supposed to happen this way. In 1996, I came to Washington as the new liberal co-host of CNN's "Crossfire" to do battle with Bob Novak. And I did, hammer and…
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The uninsured
A New York Times editorial
One of the major goals of health care reform is to cover the vast numbers of uninsured. But how vast, really, is that pool of people? Who are they? And how…
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Democratically, Iraqis may kick out Americans
By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com
The advocates of the Iraq war said U.S. soldiers would be received with flowers and candies. That never happened. Now, more than 4,000 American and…
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Moby Dick and Asian typhoons
By Saul Landau
“Climate change will intensify droughts, floods and other natural disasters. The scarcity of water will affect hundreds of millions of people. Malnutrition is going to…
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Swiftboating health care reform
By Max J. Castro
Whipped up by demagogues, bankrolled by the insurance lobby, the debate over health care reform has brought out all of the nation’s Obama-hating paranoia, resentment…
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The nuclear gang rides again
By Saul Landau
A group of scientists, military officials and government bureaucrats signed an informal pact with the devil. The contract became public in August 1945, when U.S. bombers…
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Making war to bring ‘peace’
By Noam Chomsky
From In These Times
A debate is under way at the United Nations over a policy that may seem uncontroversial: an international framework to prevent severe crimes…
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Is this the end for Lou Dobbs?
By Bill Press
It took him a long time, but it looks like CNN President Jon Klein will finally get around to doing what he should have done a long time ago. In order to maintain the…
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The tea baggers are back — crazy as ever
By Bill Press
Ah, democracy! It never works better than when informed citizens gather in town hall meetings to discuss and debate the issues of the day.
But, oh, democracy! It's never…
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Sotomayor, race and the legacy of José Martí
By Oscar Montero
"Affinity of character is more powerful than affinity of color." -- José Martí In recent weeks it seems as if the dreaded race card has become the race billboard.…
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