Monthly Archives: June 2011

Iraq And Afghanistan War Debt Includes Steep Price Tag For Air Conditioning

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

Jason Linkins This week, Beltway lawmakers have ramped up the efforts to negotiate the terms of how and when the nation’s debt ceiling will be raised, with President Barack Obama reportedly stepping into the fray to bring about a deal. … Continue reading →

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A Depressing Story You Need to Read

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

Robert Kuttner Co-founder and co-editor, The American Prospect If President Obama’s health reform, the Affordable Care Act, backfires politically, one reason will be the staggering political power of the drug industry. If, for example, the health reform had used the … Continue reading →

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The New Thirty Years’ War

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

Michael T. Klare Author and Professor of Peace and World-Security Studies at Hampshire College Winners and Losers in the Great Global Energy Struggle to Come Cross-posted from Tomdispatch.com A 30-year war for energy preeminence? You wouldn’t wish it even on … Continue reading →

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The Budget Debate, and What Should Be Obvious

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

Jared Bernstein Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities I found myself on TV recently arguing once again for a budget deal that balanced spending cuts and new revenues. Only later did it occur to me that I had … Continue reading →

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GOP Willing to Create Economic Catastrophe to Protect Tax Loopholes for CEO’s Who Fly Corporate Jets

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

Robert Creamer Political organizer, strategist and author Last week Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor walked out of the negotiations aimed at preventing America from defaulting on its debt and pushing the country back into economic free fall. What was the … Continue reading →

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America Led Astray

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

Gary Hart Scholar in Residence at the University of Colorado One of the best, indeed quite possibly the best, books on the derailment of U.S. foreign policy in the early 21st century is Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies … Continue reading →

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The Myth of American Financial Competence

Posted on June 1, 2011 by admin

Robert Lenzner Forbes columnist I credit Fareed Zakaria, one of the clearest thinkers on current public affairs, for articulating this insight. The lesson Zakaria — and all of us — have learned is that Wall Street’s image of the best … Continue reading →

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The Truth About the American Economy

Posted on June 1, 2011 by admin

Robert Reich Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; Author, ‘Aftershock’ The U.S. economy continues to stagnate. It’s growing at the rate of 1.8 percent, which is barely growing at all. Consumer spending is down. Home prices … Continue reading →

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If You Can Write Hate-Filled, Obscenity-Laced Emails to Total Strangers, Thank a Public Employee

Posted on June 1, 2011 by admin

Richard (RJ) Eskow Consultant, Writer, Senior Fellow with The Campaign for America’s Future An email entitled “Lies of Eskov in HP AOL Ariticle” (sic) was received this morning by the Campaign For America’s Future and forwarded with the comment, “Here’s … Continue reading →

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