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"Jeopardizing U.S. Standing" – the Petraeus Controversy
Written by Michael Collins   
Monday, 15 March 2010

The controversy over General Petraeus' remarks on Israel, says Michael Collins, contains no surprises. It is just a diversion from the fundamental problem with U.S. foreign policy - the endorsement and unrestrained use of military action.

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Victoria, Portrait Of A Serial Tea Party Activist -- Part I
Written by Kaitlin Addams   
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.
— Horace Mann

The following is a fictional composite of several individuals the author has known who currently  embrace the ideologies and activities of Tea Party Nation.  This is not meant to be a psychological profile, but an entertaining,  satirical look at how one might arrive at the gates of Tea Party Nation, and make the personal decision to take part in it's agenda.   Any resemblance to real persons, living, dead, or living dead is purely coincidental.

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"The Hurt Locker": When Great Art Meets Lousy Politics
Written by Bernie Weiner   
Tuesday, 09 March 2010

How should progressives react to great art that comes from artists whose politics suck? Can we, should we, separate the two? All of this, writes Bernard Weiner, is occasioned by discussion of the Oscar-winning "The Hurt Locker," the somewhat ambivalent film about U.S. troops in Iraq. How can we interpret this brilliant movie?

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First Iceland, then the World
Written by Michael Collins   
Monday, 08 March 2010

Iceland's national referendum was the first opportunity for the people of any nation to vote directly on who pays when the financial elite fail.  As citizens voted, Iceland's Prime Minister was dismissing the importance of the vote and promising to negotiate a payment scheme obligating citizen subsidies for bad debt created by Iceland's beyond-bad bankers.  Michael Collins looks behind the scenes of Saturday's vote in Iceland.

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My First Meeting with My Congressman
Written by Harmony Wu   
Sunday, 07 March 2010

Progressive activist Harmony Wu meets with her congressional representative — and comes away with a mind-boggling look at the politics of health care reform.

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Congress is a joke
Written by Marc Perkel   
Thursday, 04 March 2010

There's and old political joke that goes like this:

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Entering the Scary "Lacuna" of American Politics
Written by Bernie Weiner   
Wednesday, 03 March 2010

Barbara Kingsolver's sweeping new novel, "The Lacuna," set in Mexico and the U.S. from 1929 to the 1950s, deals with the fall of empire, political witch-hunting, the logic of social revolution. Naturally, writes Bernard Weiner, it was written during the CheneyBush years.

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Ayn Rand's Excellent Proposal
Written by Ernest Partridge   
Wednesday, 03 March 2010

In Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand's protagonist, John Galt, leads a strike of the "best and brightest" capitalists, and together they leave the country to set up a "new order."  The scheme offers great advantages -- to the rest of us who are "left behind."

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Joel Silberman: Media Creates Misinformed Americans
Written by Dave "Doctor" Gonzo   
Saturday, 27 February 2010

The Doc is for the most part no fan of RT Television (Russia Today, i.e. The Putin Channel) — but every once in a while, they run a short segment as smart and informative as the one below, and you know you'll never see such a moment from the broadcast networks, CNN, or even MSNBC. (Hat tip: Crooks and Liars).

 
Mom, Apple Pie, Baseball, and Mass Transit
Written by Gene Gaudette   
Friday, 26 February 2010

I couldn't agree more:

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NY Gov. David Paterson Pulling Plug on Reelection Bid
Written by Gene Gaudette   
Friday, 26 February 2010

NY Daily News has the details. This opens a wide door for state AG Andrew Cuomo to take both the primary and November election.

 
The Sputnik Moment
Written by Kaitlin Addams   
Monday, 22 February 2010

Kaitlin Addams recalls a defining event of Cold War history and the changes it triggered.

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Judge Rakoff Nails JP Morgan
Written by Michael Collins   
Monday, 22 February 2010

Federal district court Judge Jed S.  Rakoff called off a J.P. Morgan deal in an order that revealed the inside track on how the financial giant does business.  Michael Collins takes a look at the ruling — and the ugly business picture behind it.

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Wish I'd Written That!
Written by Dave "Doctor" Gonzo   
Monday, 22 February 2010
 
Magazine Covers We'd Like to See
Written by Jeff Koopersmith   
Friday, 19 February 2010

Sarah Palin bags John McCain
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Can the Ticking Middle East Conflict Be Defused?
Written by Bernie Weiner   
Wednesday, 17 February 2010

Bernard Weiner writes: In this online debate about the Israel/Palestine conundrum, the passions are high, but preliminary signs for a way out of the Middle East bloodbath poke through the arguments. Or maybe not. You judge.

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America Inc. Is Here -- Get With the Program!
Written by Ernest Partridge   
Wednesday, 17 February 2010

With last month's Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. FEC, it is obvious that elections in the United States are now obsolete. So why not, asks Ernest Partridge, select our members of Congress by means of auctions instead?

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George Stephanopoulos, Where He Belongs at Last
Written by Dave "Doctor" Gonzo   
Saturday, 13 February 2010
 
Where are the Populists?
Written by Michael Collins   
Friday, 12 February 2010

Michael Collins looks at why real populism is stopped by a different "don't ask, don't tell" policy: don't ask about national priorities too often and never go near the the current politics of don't ask, don't tell that the distribution of wealth has captured the vast majority in a never ending game of catch up that cannot be won under the current political and economic system.

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