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GOP needs Night of Long Knives
Human Events by Deroy Murdock 11/07/08 The GOP has been laid low, thanks to politicians who swapped their principles for power and lost both. As the chief electoral vehicle for conservative and free-market... ...
McCain banking on a Confederacy of Dunces
In These Times by David Sirota 10/24/08 Is John McCain stupid, or does he believe we are? That’s the question as he criticizes Barack Obama for allegedly trying to ‘redistribute the wealth’ with a plan... ...
Bush Provokes Fear to Push for Bailout
Dean Baker, The Center for Economic and Policy Research: "This is the first time in the history of the United States that the president has sought to provoke a financial panic to get legislation through... ...
Wetlands Could Unleash "Carbon Bomb"
Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters, reports: "The world's wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming 'carbon bomb' if they are destroyed, ecological scientists... ...
After 75 Years, the Working Poor Still Struggle for a Fair Wage
According to Adam Cohen in The New York Times, "At the height of the Great Depression, industry convinced President Franklin Roosevelt and Congress to enact a law allowing companies to collude to drive... ...
The Yazoo Pumps threatens to destroy 200,000 acres of Mississippi Delta wetlands
Right now a project called the Yazoo Pumps threatens to destroy 200,000 acres of Mississippi Delta wetlands – the home of the Louisiana black bear. The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced... ...
Bush's disapproval rating worst of any president in 70 years
In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, 28% of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing; 69% disapprove. The approval rating matches the low point of his presidency, and the disapproval... ...
Debt: Our 9 trillion pound gorilla
In These Times by Susan J. Douglas 03/25/08 Who would have thought that we might ever miss Ross Perot? Squawking at us with his graphs and pie charts about the dangers of deficit spending and the mounting... ...
Toward a New New Deal
In the introduction to a series of guest articles reflecting on the "usable past" of the New Deal, The Nation writes, "Seventy-five years ago, facing the catastrophic, worldwide failure of the free market,... ...
Radio Fear America
The editors of The New York Times write: "Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia read the funnies over the radio to cheer up New Yorkers during a newspaper strike. President Franklin Roosevelt gave 'fireside chats'... ...