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Why Social Security Is Not A Ponzi Scheme

RetirementRevised | Mark Miller | Posted 11.29.2011

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Words matter. And as the presidential campaign kicks in to high gear, some terms are being tossed around in ways that could be dangerous for current a...

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A Rick Perry Presidency? Get Ready for the Next Gas Spike

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.06.2011

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Raymond J. Learsy

Most worrisome about a Rick Perry presidency for those of us who don't live in Texas and are not engaged in the oil business is the prospect of staggeringly higher gasoline prices, and the impact that would have on the nation's economy.

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Six Lessons Mr. Donilon Could Learn From Reagan's Six National Security Advisers

Jason Saltoun-Ebin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jason Saltoun-Ebin

If the president and his chief of staff are old Irish buds, no amount of experience or competence is likely to persuade the boss to tell his chief of staff to change the way he does business.

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"Citizens United" for More Corporate Power

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

We have levels of inequality worse than the Gilded Age and the "trusts" are more powerful and possess a global reach that is greater than ever. And the Supreme Court drops new political powers in the laps of these corporate behemoths?

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Capitalist Pigs

Jane Smiley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Smiley

In the 1980s, American hog farmers became nervous about African Swine Fever, and exterminated the Haitian pigs. As a result, the peasantry moved to Port-au-Prince, now one of the great disaster areas in modern history.

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Obama to Join the Republican Party?

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Astor

Barack Obama has tried to make the GOP happy. He appointed Republicans to high posts, expanded the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and never pushed for a single-payer health plan

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AIG and the Undeserving Rich

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

For years unbridled capitalism has beat down and bloodied the working middle class in this country. Those chickens are now coming home to roost.

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Leftist Victory in El Salvador Closes an Historic Cycle

Marc Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marc Cooper

History comes full cycle with the election of a leftist president in El Salvador. Those we branded two decades ago as "international terrorists" now democratically govern Central America.

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