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America's Foreign Policy Diagnosed with ADHD (ADD)

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gas, Russian Federation, Adhd, George W. Bush, NYU Child Studies Center, Russia Georgia War, Foreign Policy, Michael Phelps, US Spy Satellite, Kbr, Add, Bechtel, Georgia, Russia, Oil, Blackwater USA, Dsm-Iv-Tr, Vyvanse, Ritalin, Concerta, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

I know three things about ADHD (ADD) for certain. First, Michael Phelps has it; his mom has been good enough to use her media platform in places like ...

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The Loss of Democracy: The Deeper Meaning of McClellan's Revelations of Imperial Deceit & Media Submissiveness

Dan Kovalik | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Al Gore, Democracy, Scott Mcclellan, Halliburton, Inc., George W. Bush, Nbc, Military Commissions Act, Democrats, Election, Barack Obama, Amnesty International, Habeas Corpus, Msnbc, Cnn, White House Press Secretary. Bush Administration, Bechtel, Katie Couric, Sheldon Wolin, Iraq War, Republican Party, Superpower, Politics News
Dan Kovalik

The result of the White House spin, and the complicity of the press corp. in it, has been the deaths of more than 4,000 U.S. servicemen and women and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians.

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The Repubs' War on One Particular Scientist

Michelle Pilecki | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Muslim, Bush Administration, Bechtel, Science, Nuclear Physics, Aclu, Republicans, Scientists, Politics News
Michelle Pilecki

So you'd think the US would want to hold onto good nuclear physicists, right? Especially American citizens who have been active in the community as well as excellent scientists?

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Security Flaws, Terrorists & Nuclear Weapons

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Weapons-Free World, University of California, Nuclear Weapons, International Cooperation, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Bechtel, Terrorist, Sam Nunn, Fissile Material, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Appeal to the Next President of the United States, Nuclear Policy, US Leadership, Politics News
Steven Crandell

It may come as a surprise that a storehouse of 2,000 pounds of plutonium and weapons-grade uranium -- estimated to be enough to build 300 nuclear weapons -- sits only about 40 miles from San Francisco.

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HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson's Resignation -- A Window Into Bush Administration's Corruption, Indifference, and Incompetence

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.02.2008 | Home

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Peter Dreier

The involuntary resignation of HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson this week provides an opportunity to underscore and distinguish the three major failings of the Bush administration.

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Selling Off Our States: The Pitfalls of Privatization

Joel Barkin | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: Privatization, State Privatization, Bechtel, Accenture, Private Contractors, Blackwater, Halliburton, Afscme, Politics News
Joel Barkin

What evidence does exist actually suggests that privatization wastes tax dollars by fostering corruption, inefficient management, increased costs, and a disincentive to quality service.

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