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By Mary Mulhern From the St. Petersburg Times My recent visit to Cuba with Tampa Port Authority Commissioner Carl Lindell, former U.S. Senate Secretary Joe Stewart and a group of…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com A few years ago Grover Norquist, one of the gurus of the right-wing intelligentsia in Washington, once remarked he hoped to be able to shrink the…
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By Saul Landau President Obama has a rough task promoting health care that will provide coverage for most Americans and reduce the cost of this basic service so that it doesn’t bankrupt…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times So it seems that we aren’t going to have a second Great Depression after all. What saved us? The answer, basically, is Big Government. Just to…
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$133+ million spent in 3 months to derail health care reform By Michael Winship From Truthout.org As we marvel over the depths of hypocrisy and greed currently plumbed in the health…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com While on Capitol Hill the legions of well-fed and well-heeled lobbyists worked feverishly to emasculate health care reform, a few hundred miles away…
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(An answer to Carlos Alberto Montaner) By Arturo López Levy In the 1950s, a new word entered the dictionary: McCarthyism. A word associated with the practices of Republican Sen.…
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Dear friends and fellow Cuba Policy Advocates, We've been keeping up the pressure on Congress for months to end the travel ban on Cuba. The "Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act" legislation…
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By Saul Landau I thought of cousin Harry when I read about the July 21 bust of five New York and New Jersey orthodox rabbis along with scores of New Jersey officials. Like the…
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By Bill Press President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid don't agree on everything. But, when it comes to vacation plans for August, they are all three on the same page. As AP…
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