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Robert Kuttner

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3 Reasons We Need an Economic Wake Up Call

Robert Kuttner | Posted July 5, 2009 | Politics


Several events of the past week should be a wake-up call to the Obama administration. Bottom line: the medicine isn't working. Stronger stuff is needed. Consider:

The June Unemployment Numbers
. The green-shoots school was expecting that the rising rate of unemployment would continue to slow, as...

Ian Masters

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Shannyn Moore Radio Interview: On Palin's Attempt to Silence Me

Ian Masters | Posted July 5, 2009 | Politics


Alaskan journalist Shannyn Moore has been put on notice by Sarah Palin's lawyers not to speak crtically of Palin in the media. I interviewed Moore this morning on Background Briefing on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles to discover what it is she has to say that so threatens someone...

Michael Shaw

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Reading The Pictures: Palin Proud To Be Trash

Michael Shaw | Posted July 5, 2009 | Politics


This photo was circulated by Getty after Palin was tabbed for Veep by McCain and appeared, at least, in a cheeseball LAT election slideshow on Palin's fashion sense.

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If you haven't seen it before, however, it's...

Howard Schweber

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Sarah Palin, the First Amendment, and Santa Claus

Howard Schweber | Posted July 5, 2009 | Politics


Dear Santa,

Sarah Palin, through her attorney, is threatening to sue Shannyn Moore for reporting the existence of rumors about a pending investigation of Palin's dealings with a firm called Spenard Building Supply and various contractors, in connection with the construction of the Wasilla Sports Complex and the Palin residence....

Louise Nelson Dyble

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The Price of Washington Metro's "Tax Advantage Leases"

Louise Nelson Dyble | Posted July 5, 2009 | Politics


There's another example of cash-strapped public agencies entering into questionable deals with private sector opportunists. The horrific deaths of nine people in Washington DC last week, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and elsewhere, are at least indirectly linked to "tax advantage...

RJ Eskow

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Is Sarah Palin the First Post-Modern Politician?

RJ Eskow | Posted July 5, 2009 | Politics


Let's start with a multiple-choice question: Which answer is correct?

  1. Sarah Palin's resignation less than two/thirds of the way through her term as governor is a violation of her compact with the voters, a flaky act that destroys her credibility as a serious politician.
  2. Her resignation was a brilliant...
Frank Dwyer

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Political Haiku: Breakfast of Champions

Frank Dwyer | Posted July 5, 2009 | Politics


Read More: Iran, John McCain

He "stands with Iran."
McCain Cereal: no taste
and nutrition-free.

Tom Vander Ark

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Freecomonics in Education

Tom Vander Ark | Posted July 5, 2009 | Politics


Free stuff on the web is changing everything. The new ways we communicate with each other and the resources available are amazing. Can you imagine life without Google Maps? However, it often makes MBAs (like me) scratch their head wondering, "who pays for this?"
Following the release of Chris...

Allison Kilkenny

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Barack Obama Immediately Regrets Asking For Your Help

Allison Kilkenny | Posted July 5, 2009 | Politics


It was September 2008, and Barack Obama was still the Senator from Illinois. He spoke to a very appreciative audience in New Philadelphia, Ohio. "If we don't take our government back, then none of these changes are going to happen," he said, "I need your help doing it."
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Steven Weber

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The High Calling of a Low Brow

Steven Weber | Posted July 5, 2009 | Politics


He we go again.

Knowing that you can fool some of the people all of the time, Sarah Palin is clubbing American politainment (New Coinable Phrase Alert) like it was a baby seal.

Without a team of Machiavellian neocons to pull her strings, The Vanilla Guerrilla from Wasilla...

AKMuckraker

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Huffington Post Blogger Shannyn Moore in Palin's Cross Hairs (UPDATED - Press Conference in Anchorage)

AKMuckraker | Posted July 5, 2009 |


There is an old expression which says, "In a crisis, do nothing." Wise words indeed, which means that soon-to-be-ex-governor Sarah Palin no doubt would never heed them. She's sort of adopted another philosophy. It's more like, "In a crisis, fly off the handle, be reactionary and threaten to sue someone...

William Bradley

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Obama's Consequential First 4th: NoKo, AfPak, Iraq, Russia, Palin (Palin?!)

William Bradley | Posted July 5, 2009 | Politics



In his weekend video/radio address, President Barack Obama discussed the heritage of Independence Day and pushed his economic, energy, and health care agenda.

Quite a consequential first 4th of July as president for Barack...

Julie Menin

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$10,000 for Donated Eggs: A Price for Science

Julie Menin | Posted July 4, 2009 | Politics


New York has become the first state to allow public money (in this case up to $10,000) to be offered to women who donate their eggs for stem cell research. While the move was heralded by many scientists and advocates, some proponents of stem cell research along with a...

Lee Stranahan

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No, President Obama; We Should NOT Shut Up About Health Care Reform

Lee Stranahan | Posted July 5, 2009 | Politics


An Open Letter To President Obama From An Uninsured American.

Mr. President,

According to the Washington Post, you're asking health care reform advocates to stop attacks...

In a pre-holiday call with half a dozen top House and Senate Democrats, Obama expressed his concern over advertisements and online campaigns...

Cenk Uygur

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Here's What We Know About Sarah Palin's Decision

Cenk Uygur | Posted July 5, 2009 | Politics


There is a lot we don't know about Sarah Palin's decision to resign. But there is one thing we do know: She thought it was politically damaging.

No one announces good news late on Friday before Fourth of July weekend. That is someone who is trying to bury bad news...

Francesca Biller-Safran

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Fourth of July "Truly" Patriotic and Politically Significant for African-Americans

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted July 4, 2009 | Politics


Fireworks this Fourth of July will glow brighter for many African-Americans who may not have not truly felt the authentic, honest brand of patriotism they now feel since Barack Obama's election.

This may be just another holiday for some to get together while viewing the bombs bursting with glare; Americana...

Michael Brenner

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Obama's Pattern of Accommodation

Michael Brenner | Posted July 4, 2009 | Politics


On issue after issue, Barack Obama has shown a strong reluctance to challenge established thinking and to confront powerful interests. Just the opposite. He instinctively tips his hat to every establishment he encounters -- be it Wall Street, the military, the intelligence community, or the health care industry. He is...
Deane Waldman

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July 4th Gift: Freedom from Newspeak, Scotoma, & Rose-Colored Glasses

Deane Waldman | Posted July 4, 2009 | Politics


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George Orwell's revolutionary book "1984" was radical fiction in 1948 when he wrote it but is almost humdrum today, and close to true. Orwell coined the word newspeak, meaning common words having uncommon meaning. In his book, firemen started fires rather than putting them...

Mike Lux

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The Celebration of a Progressive Holiday

Mike Lux | Posted July 4, 2009 | Politics


On this holiday celebrating the courage of America's brave revolutionary founders, all Americans can celebrate. But progressives should take special pride in this holiday, for it was the ultimate achievement of progressive values that brought us this day.

As I discuss in my book, The Progressive Revolution: How the...

Mary Lyon

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Freedom Isn't Free -- We Still Aren't Free of Sarah Palin

Mary Lyon | Posted July 4, 2009 | Politics


Happy Independence Day, on the eve of which we've been reminded that we are FAR from declaring our national independence from the Sarah Palin addiction.

After watching her rambling, disjointed "W-T-F Moment" as she announced she's not only not running for reelection as Alaska's governor but she's bailing out...

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