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The Death of Conservatism?

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This week on the JOURNAL, Bill Moyers spoke with author Sam Tanenhaus about his new book, The Death of Conservatism, and the current state of America's conservative movement.

Tanenhaus suggested that today's conservatism is mostly bereft of substantive ideas and instead consists of extreme reactions against the liberal social and policy agenda. He said:

"These radical people on the right – and they include...

Labor Pains

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In this week's JOURNAL, Bill Moyers spoke with labor experts Michael Zweig and Bill Fletcher about the prospects for organized labor in the United States.

An annual Gallup poll conducted in August delivered sobering news to supporters of organized labor, finding that public approval of unions has declined to the lowest point in more than seventy years since the poll began:

"Gallup finds organized labor taking a...

Michael Winship - Let's Make a Deal: Beltway Edition

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Below is an article by JOURNAL senior writer Michael Winship. We welcome your comments below.

"Let's Make a Deal: Beltway Edition"

By Michael Winship

If you ever needed proof that Washington is governed by the Golden Rule – the one that says, he who has the gold, rules – you only have to look at the wagonloads of cash being dumped by big business into crushing President Obama's domestic agenda.

Good gosh, how the money rolls in. And I'm not only talking about the...

Assessing President Obama's Health Care Speech and Ideas for Reform

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This week on the JOURNAL, public health expert Dr. Jim Yong Kim, who is also the incoming president of Dartmouth College, spoke with Bill Moyers about his vision of health and educational reforms for a better future. Dr. Kim commented on President Obama's health care speech and the Republican response, and offered his suggestions for reforms that would benefit America's dysfunctional medical system.

"As a speech, it...

Respect for the Dead and the Reality of War

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In this week's JOURNAL, McClatchy DC's Pentagon correspondent, Nancy Youssef, gave Bill Moyers an update on the turbulent situation in Afghanistan, where American troops have been deployed for nearly eight years. She addressed the recent controversy over the Associated Press' decision to publish a photograph of a Marine mortally wounded in Afghanistan, Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard, over the protests of his family and Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Bernard's father...

Maggie Mahar Answers Viewer Questions - Part II

We'd like to thank Maggie Mahar for agreeing to answer viewers' questions about the health industry. Below, in no particular order, is her second set of answers, while her first set of answers can be found here. We will post more next week.

Please note that the views and opinions expressed are not necessarily the views and opinions held by Bill Moyers or BILL MOYERS JOURNAL.



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Michael Winship: Marine's Photo Reminds Us of War that Will Not End

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Below is an article by JOURNAL senior writer Michael Winship. We welcome your comments below.

"Marine's Photo Reminds Us of War that Will Not End"

By Michael Winship

There was a certain ironic and painful symmetry at work last month. As one iconic image of war was called into doubt, another was being created, a new photograph of combat's grim reality that already has generated controversy and anger.

When it was first published in 1936, during the Spanish Civil War...

Bill Moyers: After 9/11

Before the terrorists struck on 9/11 I had been scheduled to speak to the Environmental Grantmakers Association on the impact of money in politics, one of my regular beats in journalism. When I went on the air with a daily broadcast after 9/11 I thought of canceling the speech, then five weeks away; it just didn't seem timely to talk about money and politics while the country was still in mourning. But I began to notice some items in the news that struck me as especially repugnant amid all...

Bill Moyers on Obama's Moment

Click the video below for Bill Moyers' thoughts on President Obama and his plan for health reform.

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