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Those Bad Old Days Are Still with Us
Fracking Perils
Folks, I’ve got some good news and some bad news about the nation’s ever-elusive quest for a sound energy policy. The good news: Finally there’s some under-the-radar bipartisan consensus in Washington. The bad news: The Democrats and the Republicans are dead wrong.
Distorting Civil Rights History
Many prominent conservative politicians are making outrageous statements targeted at minority citizens this campaign season. They’re saying spurious things, like implying that African Americans prefer food stamps over pay checks, or that black people use “other people’s money” to get ahead.
Playing with Fire
Some Americans want to starve our cities, close our schools, and knock away the ladder that our children are supposed to climb to economic security. Your lawmakers may be among them.
Profiting from the Pentagon
Washington’s talking about cutting the military budget. Whoopee.
Save the Babies
Why do the Republicans in Congress hate unborn babies?
Planned Parenthood
Whistle-Blowing Takes Guts
No government cares to be accused of a war crime. If you happen to commit one, your military bosses will move heaven and earth to cover for you and pretend it didn’t happen. However, if you should instead expose a war crime, they will hunt you down like a dog and make sure you never again see the light of day. After all, reputations and careers are at stake.
Karen Dolan Weighs in on Romney’s Latest Gaffe
Call it a Freudian slip, call it overconfidence emerging from a big win in the Florida Republican primary, call it a classic, out-of-touch-sounding “Rich Romney” gaffe
The Lineup: Week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5, 2012
Peter Hart casts a spotlight on the big-money effort underway to bypass the electoral system altogether, and Timothy Karr says the broadcast media should balance its quadrennial avalanche of election-year ads with solid coverage of the candidates and their issues.
