All Views Articles for 2012-08-27
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Ruth Conniff In Tampa, Newt Gingrich, Scott Walker Plug Supply-Side Economics On Day One of the Republican Convention, Newt Gingrich hosted a special Newt University session in a Hyatt hotel near the convention center. Read more |
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Jeff Biggers Judy's Plank: Democratic Party Platform Must Call for End to Mountaintop Removal The Democrats have nothing to lose. And everything to gain--especially the health and lives of residents in the coal mining areas of central Appalachia. Read more |
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Mariana Chilton, Greg Kaufmann When Will Nation's Most Powerful Show Regard for Nation's Most Vulnerable? This is the second post in TheNation.com’s #TalkPoverty series—an effort to push a deeper conversation about poverty into the mainstream political debate. The series profiles people working on... Read more |
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Deborah Burger Healing Our Health Care System Unsafe nurse-to-patient staffing levels are a key cause of 98,000 preventable deaths each year. Read more |
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Dean Baker The Pacific "Free Trade" Deal That's Anything But Free The draft TPP deal may grant new patent privileges and restrict net freedom, but it's secret – unless you're a multinational CEO Read more |
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Lawrence Wittner The Republican "Small Goverment" Fraud One of the most widely-advertised but falsest claims in American politics is that the modern Republican Party stands for “small government.” Read more |
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David Dayen Obama: “I’m Prepared to Make a Whole Range of Compromises” The big news in that AP interview with President Obama over the weekend comes in this exchange , from the transcript (and let me add parenthetically that transcripts to major interviews like this... Read more |
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Sarah van Gelder Romney’s Dirtier, Deadlier Energy Future: Is There Another Way? The oil-dependent economy Romney supports is a step toward an unstable, costly future. Renewables and energy efficiency offer real hope. Read more |
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Harvey Wasserman, Bob Fitrakis Four Ways the Ohio GOP is Already Stealing the 2012 Election The Ohio Republican Party has moved four ways to steal America's 2012 election. The Buckeye State is almost certain to emerge as a decider in this year's presidential election, and the GOP is moving... Read more |
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Ana Marie Cox To Republicans, Women Are Simply the Sum of Their Parts The GOP's adoption of an anti-abortion platform is further indication of a party that has no clue about reproductive life Read more |
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Paul Krugman The Comeback Skid: Chris Christie, Live from Tampa There will be two big stars at the Republican National Convention, and neither of them will be Mitt Romney. One will, of course, be Paul Ryan, Mr. Romney’s running mate. The other will be Chris... Read more |
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Tom Engelhardt The Best Laid Plans: How Quickly Will the US Leave Afghanistan? In the wake of several deaths among its contingent of troops in a previously peaceful province in Afghanistan, New Zealand (like France and South Korea ) is now expediting the departure of its 140... Read more |
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Paul Buchheit Add It Up: Taxes Avoided by the Rich Could Pay Off the Deficit Conservatives force the deficit issue, ignoring job creation, and insisting that tax increases on the rich wouldn't generate enough revenue to balance the budget. They're way off. But it takes a... Read more |