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By BILL KELLER
ON the subject of the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare, to reclaim the name critics have made into a slur — a number of fallacies seem to be congealing into accepted wisdom. Much of this is the … Read more »
By Robert Parry, Consortium News
Self-styled “independent fact-checkers” at the Annenberg Center and the neoconservative-dominated Washington Post have positioned themselves as ardent defenders of Mitt Romney’s claims that his Bain Capital tenure ended in 1999 despite questions raised by contradictory … Read more »
By Will Durst, Humor Times
All of America should drop to its knees and thank the GOP for attempting to provide us with replacement fireworks. As you undoubtedly know, cities all over the country this year were forced to cancel … Read more »
By Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company
Welcome. In all the hullabaloo over the Supreme Court’s decision on health care, another of its rulings quickly fell off the public radar. Before deciding the fate of the Affordable Care Act, the Court … Read more »
By Lisa Mascaro, McClatchy DC
One of the top items on President Barack Obama’s to do list – a 10 percent tax break for small businesses that make new hires – got tangled in an election-year tax debate as Republicans … Read more »
By Frank Rich
On Monday, President Obama proposed extending the Bush tax cuts for another year, except on income over $250,000. The Republicans, of course, howled, and the proposal is dead on arrival in the House. Was this useful political … Read more »
By Milos Forman
The New York Times
When I was asked to direct “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” my friends warned me not to go anywhere near it.
The story is so American, they argued, that I, an immigrant … Read more »
By Agence France-Presse
More than 2,600 of the world’s top marine scientists Monday warned coral reefs around the world were in rapid decline and urged immediate global action on climate change to save what remains.
The consensus statement at the … Read more »
By Paul Krugman.
So the Supreme Court — defying many expectations — upheld the Affordable Care Act, a k a Obamacare. There will, no doubt, be many headlines declaring this a big victory for President Obama, which it is. But … Read more »
