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Why We Lost Healthcare

John Neffinger | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

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John Neffinger

For Obama to do his job, he needs progressives to do theirs: let progressives fight on the left flank to make room for the President to steer a middle course. Otherwise the "centrists" will always win.

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FDR Pearl Harbor Speech: Watch Historic Address, 'A Date Which Will Live In Infamy' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.07.2009 | Home

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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor address to Congress is one of the most famous speeches in American history. The speech gave birth ...

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Some Jobs Taxpayers Don't Need to Buy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business

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Leo W. Gerard

A second stimulus is completely reasonable at a time when there are six unemployed Americans for every job opening and when it takes six months on average for an unemployed worker to find a job.

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FDR Would Not Accept a 'Jobless Recovery'

David Woolner | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

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David Woolner

For FDR's administration, the notion of a "jobless recovery" would have been an anathema.

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Health Care Reform Struggle Will Not End This Year

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

No matter what healthcare bill passes, it is not going to remain static. It is going to be revisited again and again over the next few decades. That's how lawmaking works.

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What Obama Is Up Against

Russ Baker | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Russ Baker

We Americans harbor a quaint belief that a new president takes charge of a government that eagerly awaits his next command. But that's not how things work at the top, especially where "national security" is concerned.

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Too Soon To Tell? Judging A President's Progress

The New York Review of Books | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

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The New York Review of Books Huffington Post: At the anniversary of the election of Barack Obama, we're taking a close look at how he's done and what...

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The Public Necessity

Tom Sullivan | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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Tom Sullivan

If America believes it needs not just a public option, but a public necessity, more Americans will have to get up off the couch and go get it.

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Wall Street Is More of a Threat to Obama's Domestic Agenda than Afghanistan

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

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Joseph A. Palermo

Whatever Obama decides to do in Afghanistan is of little consequence compared to Wall Street's ongoing "plutonomy."

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Vital Speeches, Back in the Day

David Murray | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

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David Murray

A sampling of American speeches from 75 years ago reveals rhetoric both strange and strangely familiar.

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"Anything Goes" Capitalism Destroys Companies and Workers' Lives

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

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Leo W. Gerard

Anything Goes capitalism workers' lives, but it sure does work for the private equity firms. They made around $750 million in profits from the now-indebted and bankrupt Simmons.

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Michael Moore's Grapes of Wrath

Dan Siegel | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Dan Siegel

With the glimmering hope of the Obama campaign behind us, Moore's film is a wake-up call to renew and expand America's democratic promise.

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Mr. President, Call It Something!

Andrew Ruben | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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Andrew Ruben

If we've really survived the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression thanks to government intervention, and if health care reform is so integral to fulfilling the American promise, where is Obama's "New Deal"?

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When 'Mad Men' Types -- and Hollywood-- First Played a Key Role in Politics

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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Greg Mitchell

When pundits labeled last year's presidential campaign "divisive" and "dirty," I had to laugh. The champion of all dirty races in this century, in fact, was the 1934 contest between Upton Sinclair and Frank Merriam.

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Political Celebrity and Publishing Tastes

David Colbert | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books

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David Colbert

Angry books sell on emotion. That's why they'll always sell better than cooler, thoughtful books. It's also why they're soon forgotten.

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Obama Is No FDR

Eric Stoner | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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Eric Stoner

Rather than encouraging grassroots protest to help push the public debate and further a progressive legislative agenda as Roosevelt did, Obama is unfortunately publicly trying to quash pressure from the left.

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The Problem With Fear

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

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Dr. Cara Barker

Fear's roots wear many costumes: anxiety, anger, revenge, power grabbing. When our own private 'boogey man' intrudes into life, what's the end-result? Very simply, fear takes us off-course.

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New Rule: If America Can't Get it Together, We Lose the Bald Eagle

Bill Maher | Posted 11.25.2009 | Comedy

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Bill Maher

If America can't get its act together, it must lose the bald eagle as our symbol and replace it with the YouTube video of the puppy that can't get up. As long as we're pathetic, we might as well act like it's cute.

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Will Michael Moore's Capitalism Be A Game Changer?

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment

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Beau Friedlander

Every time I see a new Michael Moore movie, America looks a little different to me. I feel an odd mixture of hopefulness, anger, and spiritual fatigue.

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Tone Deaf? The White House and Unemployment

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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Richard (RJ) Eskow

If unemployment figures are really "unacceptable," why is Larry Summers accepting the forecast -- and repeating it -- instead of telling us how the White House plans to change it?

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Hitting the Jackpot

Mike Lux | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Mike Lux

This was one of the very best Presidential speeches I have ever heard. And more importantly, Barack Obama did everything he needed to do.

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Thanks Glenn Beck -- This 'Socialism' Sounds Great!

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Paul Raushenbush

Capitalism has been given a pass while Americans struggle. When will capitalism be a word as dirty as socialism?

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Why the President Has Been Losing on Health Care, and What He Needs to Say

Drew Westen | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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Drew Westen

At this historic moment, the White House has determined that the best way to win the center is to tack right. But sometimes, the best way to win the center is not to move to the center, but to move the center.

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Calling Mr. Smith, Not Mr. Rogers

Dan Siegel | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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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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An Open Letter On The Public Option To David Axelrod

Sandy Goodman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Sandy Goodman

As a lifelong FDR Democrat, I won't support any health care bill that doesn't have a robust public option. I'd much rather see a bill without one go down to defeat, than have a bill pass without one.

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