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Arnold Schwarzenegger in Iraq

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Empire, Chalmers Johnson, Nouri Al-Maliki, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brit Hume, California Politics, Fox News, Governor Schwarzenegger, Kevin Phillips, William Greider, Military Spending, Iraq War, Baghdad, New York Times, Schwarzenegger, Health Care, Baghdad Trade Fair, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Brit Hume of FOX News once compared Iraq's murder rate to California's to downplay the level of American casualties because the two places are similar...

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Wall Street and Goldman Sachs Party On

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Kevin Phillips, Executive Compensation, Goldman Sachs, William Black, Wall Street, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Economic Crisis, Tim Geithner, Economy, Larry Summers, Time Magazine, Allan Sloan, Business News
Joseph A. Palermo

A criminal gang of rich white guys in New York did some extremely reckless things with the nation's collective wealth, and the middle class got clobbered.

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Get on Board or Get Outta the Way

Lance Simmens | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus, Economy, Kevin Phillips, Judd Gregg, Conservatives, Reaganomics, Politics News
Lance Simmens

Is the faux-fiscal responsibility conviction merely a convenient excuse to say no when difficult political decisions require foresight and sacrifice?

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Who Wasn't On Stage With Obama and Should Have Been?

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Kuttner, Penny Pritzker, Adam Posen, Alan Murray, James Galbraith, George Soros, Doug & Heidi Rediker, Leo Hindery, Eric Schmidt, Richard Parsons, Tom Gallagher, Paul Volcker, Lawrence Summers, Economic Team, Warren Buffet, Kevin Phillips, William Daley, William Donaldson, Jennifer Granholm, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Samuelson, Paul Krugman, Roel Campos, William Bonvillian, Jeffrey Sachs, C. Fred Bergsten, Robert Reich, Antonio Villaraigosa, Joseph Biden, Charlene Barshefsky, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Robert Rubin, Austan Goolsbee, David Bonior, Economic Policy, Rahm Emanuel, Bernard Schwartz, Jason Furhman, Sheila Bair, Anne Mulcahy, Roger Ferguson, Clyde Prestowitz, Sherle Schwenninger, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I'm not satisfied with the roster of economic personalities and thinkers we see Barack Obama mixing with.

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Why this Election Actually is About Defining the "Real America"

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, Kevin Phillips, John McCain, Presidential Election, Michele Bachmann, Progressive Values, Real Americans, Sarah Palin, Health Care, American Values, Thomas Jeffereson, Barack Obama, 2008 Election, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Sarah Palin is right about one thing: this election is in fact a battle between the "real America" and a pretender. But it's not quite the battle she imagines.

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IS THERE ANY SUCH THING AS CRAZY TODAY?

Jim Randel | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, T. Boone Pickens, John McCain, Freddie Mac, Wall Street, Bailout, Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Subprime Mortgages, Housing Crisis, Barack Obama, Kevin Phillips, Mccain Wall Street Crisis, Business News
Jim Randel

A few weeks ago I put aside a draft post that I had prepared suggesting that the Federal Government should spend its money - not on bailing out financ...

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