All Views Articles for 2013-03-12
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Lewis Lapham The Conquest of Nature and What We’ve Lost [ This essay will appear in "Animals," the Spring 2013 issue of Lapham's Quarterly . This slightly adapted version is posted at TomDispatch.com with the kind permission of that magazine. ] Read more |
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Laura Carlsen Chavez: Washington Nemesis, Latin American Hero You could almost hear the sigh of relief coming out of Washington at the news of Hugo Chavez’s death on March 5. Read more |
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Ruth Conniff Paul Ryan Keeps Up the Bad Work The deficit hawks just won't quit. Never mind that the deficit is actually shrinking steadily as a share of GDP. "Debt Threat!" screamed a typical banner on CNBC this morning, where a full-employment... Read more |
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Robert Reich Paul Ryan’s Regressiveness Redux Republicans lost the election but they still shape what’s debated in Washington — the federal budget deficit and so-called “fiscal responsibility.” Read more |
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Ray McGovern John Brennan’s Heavy Baggage John Brennan brings heavy baggage to his new job as CIA Director – legal as well as moral – arguably making it risky for him to travel to more than 150 countries that are party to the United Nations... Read more |
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Tom Hayden The Threat of the Imperial Presidency Civil libertarians, human rights advocates and peace advocates should insist on a renewed congressional assertion of its power under the Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, to take part in declaring... Read more |
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John Atcheson Why Saving the Planet Means Saving the Economy, Too Our problem isn't the deficit, it's climate change Read more |
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Michelle Chen Corporate-Approved State Bills Kick Low-Wage Workers While They’re Down President Obama called for a modest raise in the federal minimum wage to $9 in his State of the Union Address, and several Democratic legislators have upped his bid with a proposed increase to $10.10. Read more |
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Robert Scheer If Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes, Why Should You? Go offshore young man and avoid paying taxes. Plunder at will in those foreign lands, and if you get in trouble, Uncle Sam will come rushing to your assistance, diplomatically, financially and... Read more |
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Linda McQuaig Hugo Chavez Depicted As Tyrant for Challenging Western Oil Domination Had Hugo Chavez followed the pattern of many Third World leaders and concentrated on siphoning off his nation’s wealth for personal gain, he would have attracted little attention or animosity in the... Read more |