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Bill Moyers Journal: Special Preview Of Film "The Good Soldier" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Pbs, Afghanistan War, Bill Moyers Pbs, Military, Iraq War, Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Preview, Veteran's Day, Media News

In honor of Veterans Day (this coming Wednesday, 11/11), tomorrow night PBS' Bill Moyers Journal will air a documentary titled "The Good Soldier." Th...

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Stephen Rubin: New President Of Henry Holt

Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

Read More: Henry Holt, Stephen Rubin, Book Publishing, Publishing, Books, John Sargent, Doubleday, Dan Farley, Macmillan, Pat Conroy, Tina Brown, Da Vinci Code, John Grisham, Bill O'Reilly, Dan Brown, Bill Moyers, Books News

Finally, some news from the publishing world's revolving door: Macmillan announced this Tuesday that Stephen Rubin, former publisher at Doubleday, wil...

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Will Obama Save America From Capitalism?

David A. Love | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Capitalism: A Love Story, Wall Street Crisis, Capitalism, Michael Moore, Economic Stimulus Package, Economic Crisis, Business News, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Tarp, Elizabeth Warren, Joseph Stiglitz, Citibank, Paul Krugman, Simon Johnson, Plutonomy, Bill Moyers, Citigroup, Income Inequality, Larry Summers, Wealth, Consumer Protection, Banking Crisis, Banks, Bank Bailout, Foreclosure, Health Care, Mortgage Crisis, Politics News
David A. Love

American-style capitalism is the system that gives you pilots buying groceries with food stamps and sheriffs throwing families out of their homes. President Obama, it's time for a "new" New Deal.

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A Moment of Truth with Bill Moyers, Marcy Kaptur, and Simon Johnson

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Pbs, Wall Street, Marcy Kaptur, Economy, Economic Reform, Banks, Simon Johnson, Bill Moyers, Business News
Arianna Huffington

Bill Moyers Journal is always illuminating, but tonight's episode, featuring a conversation with Rep. Marcy Kaptur (so amazing in Michael Moore's new film) and economist Simon Johnson is one that no one should miss.

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Bill Moyers: Tea Party Organizer Is Epitome Of Privilege (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Washington d.c. Tea Party, Government Run Health Care, Government Option, Dick Armey, Bill Moyers Journal, Health Care Debate, Obamacare, Freedomworks, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Tea Parties d.c., Tea Parties, Health Care, Bill Moyers, Politics News

This exclusive clip is from the latest episode of "Bill Moyers Journal," which airs tonight. In the episode, Moyers goes after FreedomWorks Chairman ...

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Marine's Photo Reminds Us of War that Will Not End

Michael Winship | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Al-Qa'eda, National Security, US Marines, Associated Press, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Afghan Taliban, Bill Moyers, Robert Capa, World News
Michael Winship

There can be no denying the story the photo tells. It forces us to confront through a young man's violent death the ugly, bloody reality of a war.

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McClatchy Pentagon Correspondent Nancy Youssef Discusses Iraq War With Bill Moyers (VIDEO)

Bill Moyers Journal | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill Moyers, Nancy Youssef, Video, Media News

This exclusive clip is from the latest episode of "Bill Moyers Journal," which airs tonight. Moyers interviews McClatchy Pentagon correspondent Nanc...

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Their Money, Our Health: Andrew Weil Leads The Health Revolution

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, American Revolution, Health Care, Health, Andrew Weil, Bill Moyers, Living News
Alison Rose Levy

Dr. Andrew Weil's new book, "Why Our Health Matters" is a must read for anyone wondering why health care reform is in gridlock or what to do about it.

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Calling Mr. Smith, Not Mr. Rogers

Dan Siegel | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Change We Can Believe In, Rahm Emanuel, Joint Session of Congress, Abraham Lincoln, Health Care Reform, Fdr, Lbj, Bipartisanship, Bipartisan, Health Care, Teddy Roosevelt, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Dan Siegel

We are starved for a leader who can express righteous indignation against the corrupt forces who have emptied the public purse while bidding for the powers that be.

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Bill Moyers: "We Should Be Treating Health As A Condition, Not A Commodity"

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Health Care Debate, Bill Moyers Journal, President Obama, Bill Moyers, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News

On Friday's episode of Bill Moyers Journal, Moyers succinctly described the current state of the health care debate: "here we are, wallowing in our dy...

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After Twilight, Gothic Sex Takes a Bigger Bite

Susie Bright | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: True Blood, Susie-Bright, Twilight, Erotica, Writing, Books, Sex, Screenwriting, Anna Paquin, Isaac Asimov's Foundation, Hbo, Sookie-Stackhouse, Science Fiction, Bill Moyers, Entertainment News
Susie Bright

eBtween the pandemonium over Twilight and True Blood, there's been renewed interest in why horror and sex have made a comeback in each other's arms.

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What's Wrong With Real Time with Bill Maher?

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: David Kessler, Real Time With Bill Maher, Elizabeth Warren, Politically Incorrect, Janet Napolitano, Jay-Z, Bill Moyers, Media News
Marshall Fine

Here's what drives me crazy about Bill Maher and his Real Time show: The guy couldn't do an interesting interview if his life depended on it.

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Healthcare Despair

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: God's Dictionary, Real Time With Bill Maher, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, President Obama, Team Obama, Universal Healthcare, Los Angeles Times, Big Pharma, Anne Lamott, Campaign Promises, Healthcare, Bill Moyers, Bill Maher, Politics News
Dr. Susan Corso

Until everyone has health care none of us really do.

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Bill Moyers On Health Care Reform: "We're All In The Same Boat"

Huffingtion Post | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Real Time With Bill Maher, Bill Maher, Health Care, Bill Moyers, Politics News

Bill Moyers appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night for a long conversation, much of which focused on health care. When asked by Maher wh...

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How The Profit-Hungry "Medical-Industrial Complex" Hurts Health Care (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Video, Money-Driven Medicine, Medicine, Health Care, Maggie Mahar, Health Care Overhaul, Bill Moyers, Business News

"Bill Moyers Journal" aired a new documentary on its show Friday about how the "medical-industrial complex" affects America's health care. Based on th...

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Comedy Central Saves America with Intelligent Satire

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.15.2009 | Media

Read More: The Colbert Report, First Amendment, Rush Limbaugh, Comedy Central, Drew Altman, Morning Joe, The Daily Show, Kaiser Family Foundation, Astroturfing, Stephen Colbert, Msnbc, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Jon Stewart, Satire, Annenberg Public Policy Center, Fox News, Political Satire, Glenn Beck, Bill Moyers, Media News
Michael B. Laskoff

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert pass themselves off as comedians, but they are really the most influential satirists of the day: they inform and illuminate through ridicule.

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The Fix

Wendy Block | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fair Elections Now Act, Money in Politics, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Arianna Huffington, California Clean Money Campaign, Arizona, Bill Moyers, Eyes and Ears, Politics News
Wendy Block

Who isn't tempted by the siren song of big donors? Their cash paves the way for electoral triumph and its accompanying power and success.

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The Tyranny of Wall St.-Run Health Care: No CEO Left Behind

Michele Swenson | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corporate Bureaucrats, CEO Ron Williams, Wall St.-Run Health Care, Underinsured, Survival-of-the-Fittest Capitalism, Stock Options, Cigna, Corporate and Washington Entitlement, Congresspersons-Turned-Industry Lobbyists, CEO Karen Ignani, Medical Loss Ratios, Uninsured, Insurance Acquisitions and Mergers, Wellpoint, Shrinking Health Coverage Competition, Health Care Reform, Wendell Potter, Government-Run Health Care, Socialism, Aetna, Ahip, Privileged vs. Undeserving Underclass, William McGuire, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Michele Swenson

The insurance industry has shifted to selling so-called "consumer-driven" plans with very high deductibles that shift a great deal of health care cost from employers and insurers to individuals.

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The Simple Health Insurance Solution

Don McNay | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Insurance Companies, Obama Healthcare, Congress, Park Foundation, Obama, Health Insurance, Aetna, Kentucky Educational Television, Politics, Cnbc, Government-Subsidies, Richmond Ky, Nancy Pelosi, Wendell Potter, Partridge Foundation, Wnet, Kohlberg Foundation, Premium, Bernard and Audrey Rapoport, Health Care, PBS Documentaries, Blue Dog Democrats, Hillary Care, Ronnie Millsap, P&C Companies, Pbs, Marilyn and Bob Clements, Property and Casualty Insurance Companies, Insurance Agents, Fetzer Institute, The Herb Alpert Foundation, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Fox Business News, Ben Chandler, Public Welfare Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Clu, Health, Hartford, Health Care Reform, Million Dollar Round Table, Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, Bill-Moyers-Journal, Hillary Clinton, Mitch McConnell, Anthem, President Obama, Medical-Loss Ratios, Cigna, Orfalea Family, Aig, Insurance Premium, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, American College, Personal Finance, Bill Moyers, Bill Clinton, Msfs, Life Insurance Companies, Chfc, Kentucky, Don McNay, Thirteen/WNET, Structured Settlements, Vanderbilt University, Claims Adjusters, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, John and Polly Guth Charitable Fund, Ket, Business News
Don McNay

I've had my own angry, screaming battles with my health insurance carrier. It seems everyone I've talked to has had a similar experience. I just don't see them marching on Washington about it.

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What Have You Really Lost to the Recession?

Francine Hardaway | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, David Faber, Lobbyists, Cdos, Bill Moyers, Economic Crisis, Recession, Business News
Francine Hardaway

Well, we may think we've lost our jobs, our health insurance, our retirement plans, or our houses. But we haven't really "lost" those, because they were never really ours

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Healthcare and Food Policy: Part of the Same Conversation

Paula Crossfield | Posted 08.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Robert Reich, Lobbyists, Food Policy, Agribusiness, Health Insurance, Subsidies, Healthcare Reform, Single Payer, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Campaign Finance, Bill Moyers, Green News
Paula Crossfield

The critics of single-payer are either paid to tell you this, or are brainwashed by the multi-million dollar lobbying and advertising paid for by insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry.

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Bill Moyers: Obama's Health Care Struggle Waterloo or Water Down?

CommonDreams.org | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Bill Moyers, Congress, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Waterloo, Politics News

President Obama rejected the Republicans' Waterloo metaphor and mounted a massive media counteroffensive of his own. But the President has already run...

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Fear and Waiting: What the Wise County Clinic Means This Year

Marcella Mroczkowski | Posted 08.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Virginia, Consumers Union, Wise County, Offthebus Citizen Journalism, Stan Brock, Health Care Reform, Wendell Potter, Cigna, Frank Luntz, Frank Luntz Healthcare, Health Care, Healthcare, Bill Moyers, Eyes and Ears, Home News
Marcella Mroczkowski

A free medical clinic in the poor southwestern part of Virginia treated over 1,500 patients, some driving up to five hours and sleeping in their cars to secure a place in line.

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Corpocracy vs. Democracy in Health Care Reform

John Geyman | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: America’s Health Care Plans, Sustainable System of Universal Access, White House’s Health Care Summit, Long-Term Effects of Conservative Economic Policy, Corpocracy, Democracy in Health Care Reform, PhRMA Lobby, (NHI), Single Payer System, Health Care Reform, Ahip, Media Domination of Health Care News, National Health Insurance, Bill Moyers, Living News
John Geyman

Since corporate dollars trump individual votes, we have a corpocracy, not a democracy.

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Walter Cronkite and the Player Piano

Karen Ocamb | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Richard Nixon, Vietnam, Morton Dean, Ellen Degeneres, Walter Cronkite, Karen Ocamb, Roger Mudd, Watergate, Bob Schieffer, Lyndon Johnson, Dan Rather, Charles Kuralt, Bill Moyers, Media News
Karen Ocamb

Cronkite was so important because he was about the only person in this intensely divided America that both sides could trust. He was our no-frills common bond.

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