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THE ECONOMICS OF GREED

Wall Street’s financial elites are robust promoters of trickle-down economics. Provide special breaks for us speculators, they say, so we... Read more...

LIFE IN IRAQ

According to the “Dick and George Show,” broadcast daily from the White House, things are really looking up in Iraq.... Read more...

A MOUNTAINTOP REVELATION

There is environmental degradation – and then there is environmental degradation that punches you right in the stomach. Mountaintop removal... Read more...

WHERE ARE THEY NOW

Those who say that George W lied when he claimed in the 2000 election campaign that he was a “compassionate... Read more...

REBRANDING BUSH’S WAR

When corporations get caught doing something nasty, they don’t really reform – they simply “rebrand.” This involves hiring a bevy... Read more...

LEGALIZE HEMP

If you have any doubt that America’s $45 billion-a-year drug war is a waste of money, an affront to our... Read more...

BUSH’S IRAQ OIL LAW

It’s embarrassing that George W keeps trying to deceive the American public about developments in Iraq, but it’s shameful that... Read more...

STRENGHTEN THE FDA

Wow. If George W thought that Scooter Libby got “harsh” punishment for being the Bushites’ fall guy, he ought to... Read more...
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