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How about Saving all the Miners?
Remember the joy shared by millions around the world as we watched as the Chilean miners were rescued one by one? Celebrating their survival made me wish that the global mining industry could find itself in the spotlight too, with lights glaring at each aspect of its destructiveness and criminality.
Negotiating with Nutjobs
In the witty 1966 classic cult film King of Hearts, a British soldier shows up in a French village run by lunatics after they’d escaped from the local insane asylum as the German Army retreated. Given the number of electoral victories by crazies in the mid-term elections, President Barack Obama might learn more from watching this movie than listening to all the talking heads in Washington.
Will the Senate Come Together to Make a Safer World?
With the elections over, the Senate’s Republican and Democratic leaders have an opportunity to put their partisan attacks and angry rhetoric behind them. They can demonstrate to the American people that they can come together in the national interest–rather than a political party’s interest–to improve our security by ratifying the New START treaty with Russia.
The Pentagon Must Protect Whistleblowers
The grisly details continue to drip out. Five American soldiers have been accused of setting up “kills” and murdering innocent Afghans earlier this year, according to charges filed by the U.S. Army against them. But could some of the murders have been stopped earlier? And could potential whistleblowers within the military’s chain of command have been protected?
GOP Magic Act
Republicans now find themselves in the dilemma of a car-chasing dog that finally catches one. What does he do with it?
Spreading Weapons in the Name of Peace
Hey, Bucko. Stop whining about this sour economy, and start thinking about the plight of others.
Money Bags
Free Trade: A Corporate Scam
Free trade isn’t the only thing ruining America, but it’s a biggie.
Speaker Bachmann?
The crush of coverage regarding all the House, Senate, and gubernatorial races (see below) is burying several huge political stories.
Turning Right into a Dead End
Yes, the GOP is clearly poised for a great night. By 7:10 p.m., The Washington Post was already reporting a Senate win for Aqua Buddhist Rand Paul in Kentucky and the expected victory for Dan Coats in Indiana. But I don’t buy the notion that our country is abruptly or eternally shifting rightward.
