Articles of Interest
April 09, 2012, 4:00am

By Robert Reich

Anyone who says you can get rich through gambling is a fool or a knave. Multiply the size of the prize by your chance of winning it and you’ll always get a number far lower than what … Read more »

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April 09, 2012, 1:00am

US Likely to Intervene in Syria

By Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times

Intervention is likely, and the United States won’t wait as long as it did in Bosnia.

The interventionist liberals of the Obama administration were a doleful bunch last … Read more »

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April 09, 2012, 1:00am

By Associated Press

Gov. Scott Walker quietly signed a set of contentious GOP bills barring abortion coverage through health insurance exchanges, requiring doctors to consult privately with women seeking abortions and mandating sex education teachers stress abstinence.

Walker, a Republican, … Read more »

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April 08, 2012, 2:00am

Associated Press.

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker quietly signed a set of contentious GOP bills barring abortion coverage through health insurance exchanges, requiring doctors to consult privately with women seeking abortions and mandating sex education teachers stress abstinence.

Walker, a … Read more »

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April 08, 2012, 2:00am

By Nancy L. Cohen, Rolling Stone

Congratulations, Republicans! The tents have been struck and Mitt Romney will be your nominee. But before you pop the champagne, the women of America have a message for you: Welcome back to 1992 – … Read more »

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April 05, 2012, 12:00pm

By Jackie Calmes. New York Times.

WASHINGTON — For decades, Republicans have railed every four years against the Supreme Court and its perceived liberal activism to spur conservatives to elect presidents who will appoint like-minded justices. Now strategists in both … Read more »

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April 05, 2012, 7:00am

By Public Lands Team on Apr 3, 2012 at 4:00 pm

By Jessica Goad, Manager of Research and Outreach, Center for American Progress Action Fund.

In the last few months, Republican presidential candidates from Mitt Romney to Rick Santorum have … Read more »

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April 04, 2012, 2:00am

By David R. Dow, The Daily Beast

Impeaching the Supreme Court Justices

If the Supreme Court Justices dump the Affordable Care Act, writes David Dow, we should dump them., Tim Sloan, AFP / Getty Images

You think the idea is laughable? Thomas Jefferson disagreed with … Read more »

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April 03, 2012, 10:00am

By PAUL KRUGMAN – New York Times.

Nobody knows what the Supreme Court will decide with regard to the Affordable Care Act. But, after this week’s hearings, it seems quite possible that the court will strike down the “mandate” — … Read more »

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April 02, 2012, 7:00am

New York Times -Editorial.

Congressman Paul Ryan, the author of the House Republican budget, is not the first politician to go long on promises and short on details. But his budget, which passed the House last week with no Democratic … Read more »

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