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March 29, 2011
Obama's Fatal Addiction
Maximizing corporate profits at the taxpayer's expense is what top CEOs are good at, and after all it was Immelt who presided over GE when it got so heavily into the subprime mortgage business that it needed a government bailout to avoid bankruptcy. This was before Obama made him a trusted adviser.
March 29, 2011 Loopholes
March 29, 2011 Housing Market Still Headed in the Wrong Direction
March 22, 2011
Be Consistent—Invade Saudi Arabia
Once again an American president summons the passions of a human rights crusade against a reprehensible ruler whose crimes, while considerable, are not significantly different than that of dictators the U.S routinely protects.
March 22, 2011 Aristide's Return to Haiti: A Long Night's Journey Into Day
March 22, 2011 The Libyan Question: Now What?
March 15, 2011
No Nukes Is Good Nukes
An important lesson that should be reinforced by the ongoing disaster in Japan is to worry more about the elimination of those nuclear weapons designed to explode, and another is to be concerned about the prospect of sabotage of nuclear power plants.
March 15, 2011 Europe Hits the Panic Button Over Nuclear Power
March 15, 2011 A Warning to the World
March 8, 2011
Still in the Dark About 9/11
It is the right—indeed, need—of the American public to learn the truth about the motives, financing and methods of those who are alleged to have torn at the heart of our social fabric.
March 7, 2011 The American Inquisition of 2011
March 7, 2011 Obama Punts on Guantanamo
March 1, 2011
Boeing Boondoggle: Pork Can Fly
"The gift that keeps on giving" should have been the headline on the Pentagon's decision to award the Boeing Co. a $35 billion defense contract. Defense of the nation, of course, had nothing to do with it.
February 28, 2011 Shutdown Looking Unlikely on Capitol Hill
February 28, 2011 Krugman: Kids Will Pay the Price for Spending Cuts
February 22, 2011
Betting on Arianna
In defense of Arianna Huffington. Not that the lady needs one, having been a leader in undermining the right-wing dominance of Internet reporting.
February 21, 2011 Huffington's Plunder
February 14, 2011 Fight for a World Without Coal
February 15, 2011
Home Sweet Wall Street
A most dastardly deed occurred last Friday when the Obama administration issued a 29-page policy statement totally abandoning the federal government's time-honored role in helping Americans achieve the goal of homeownership.
February 15, 2011 Obama's Budget: Freezing the Poor
February 14, 2011 Education Department Bureaucracy Keeps Disabled Borrowers in Debt
February 8, 2011
Hey Obama, Read WikiLeaks
After a good start, the Obama administration's response to the democratic revolution in Egypt has begun to exude the odor of betrayal, falling back on the sordid option of backing a new and improved dictatorship. But this time the Egyptian street will not meekly go along.
February 7, 2011 Reagan's Democrats
February 7, 2011 Obama Gets 'Neighborly' With Chamber of Commerce
January 25, 2011
Hogwash, Mr. President
What is the state of the union? You certainly couldn't tell from that platitudinous hogwash that the president dished out.
January 26, 2011 9 Out of 10 Viewers Approve of Obama's Proposals
January 25, 2011 Watch the State of the Union Right Here
January 18, 2011
Obama Pulls a Clinton
Here we go again. When Bill Clinton suffered an electoral reversal after his first two years in office, he abruptly embraced the corporate money guys who had financed his congressional opposition in an effort to purchase a second term.
January 19, 2011 You're Welcome
January 19, 2011 The Global Rush for Green Jobs
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