By Paul Krugman – New York Times.
“Have you left no sense of decency?” That’s the question Joseph Welch famously asked Joseph McCarthy, as the red-baiting demagogue tried to ruin yet another innocent citizen. And these days, it’s the question … Read more »
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Hurricane Irene becomes a powerful symbol for activists fighting the Keystone XL pipeline.
When a hurricane swamps a climate-change protest, it’s “Irene-ic,” quipped activist and author Bill McKibben this morning.
“There are a ton of people going up and down … Read more »
In a campaign supported by the Koch brothers, Republicans are working to prevent millions of Democrats from voting next year.
by: Ari Berman – RollingStone.com
As the nation gears up for the 2012 presidential election, Republican officials have launched an … Read more »
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During an interview with former White House economic advisor Austan Goolsbee, Sean Hannity distorted economic data and claimed that overall employment is declining by 400,000 jobs per month. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says employment has been … Read more »
By Eliot Spitzer, Slate Magazine
Some people on Wall Street, and at the Wall Street Journal, speak as if the financial crisis never happened.
he art of the “big lie” is to repeat something often enough, and with a powerful … Read more »
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AZCentral.com – by Lori Montgomery.
WASHINGTON – The nation’s unnerving descent into debt began a decade ago with a choice, not a crisis.
In January 2001, with the budget balanced and clear sailing ahead, the Congressional Budget Office forecast ever-larger … Read more »
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