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Tortured Logic

Arnold Hamilton - April 30, 2009 0

BY KAREN WEBB Am I perfectly clear on this, Mr. President: ignorance might be no excuse for me, but for the president and leaders of...

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Combating The Ignorance Epidemic

Arnold Hamilton - April 30, 2009 0

BY JOE CONASON In the turbulent imagination of the hard-core conservative, American foreign policy should be about telling off the rest of the planet. According to the right-wing mind-set, a manly foreign policy would curtail any effort at seeking influence abroad, cut off assistance to developing countries, forget about improving our global image and, above […]

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Specter’s Self Interest?

Arnold Hamilton - April 30, 2009 0

BY FROMA HARROP In a Q&A last year with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, former Pennsylvania Rep. Pat Toomey was asked what book he wanted Barack Obama to read. The Republican quickly recommended the work of Adam Smith, the 18th Century economist and philosopher who held that individuals promote the good of society when they pursue their […]

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Time To Prosecute

Arnold Hamilton - April 29, 2009 0

FRANK P. BELCASTRO Dubuque, IA President Obama must investigate Bush Administration officials. The world is watching what he will do. The question is how can...

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Can These Guys Even Spell ‘Outrageous’?

Arnold Hamilton - April 29, 2009 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER I’d like nothing more than to give the bailout scandal a rest – but the bankers won’t let me! They just keep coming at us with ever-more-clever inventions of greed and deceit. Their latest bit of hocus-pocus, accompanied by big puffs of smoke, is a dazzling show of profits. Yes, Goldman Sachs, […]