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WikiLeaks: Caveat Lector
WikiLeaks dumped a quarter million “secret”- State Department cables with our overseas embassies. The cache didn’t contain top secret, limited distribution, or other intelligence products. Nor were cables released from such government agencies as the Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, or National Security Council that also play important roles in policy formation and may have strongly divergent views.
Spotlight on Sudan
After the government’s second attempt to kill me, I fled Sudan.
The Ethanol Industry’s $6 Billion Christmas Gift
Who needs $6 billion? I do! Especially during the holiday season when I try to balance my budget and ever-growing Santa wish lists. I can also tell you who doesn’t need $6 billion this year: big oil and gas conglomerates. They just got a little extra via the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC). If you can believe it–this tax credit–one of the best examples of wasteful spending out there–was attached to the tax cut deal President Obama negotiated with Republicans.
Stop Secret Election Spending: A Nonpartisan Goal
Why Can’t Our Politicians Get into the Holiday Spirit?
Other kids, my friends, would get two or three presents for Christmas (one of which would be a flannel shirt or something), some would get none, and I’d get this toy store.
Color-Coded Terrorism Alerts Fade to Black
Okay, boys and girls, pull out your crayons, and let’s see if you can do a better job of coloring than the Department of Homeland Security.
Dubai: Temple of Greed
You may be a bit hazy on the Persian Gulf. Basically that’s where a lot of the world’s oil comes from.
Clean Corn
The Lineup: Week of December 13-19, 2010
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Toxic CEO Pay Story
As a critic of runaway CEO pay, I have a lot of scars from debates I’ve done on cable TV business shows. But my most memorable pummeling was in August 2007, when I nearly got my head bitten off for criticizing Countrywide Financial CEO Angelo Mozilo on the CNBC show Squawk Box.
