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Three Lies Equal One Truth

Arnold Hamilton - January 31, 2011 2

BY SHARON MARTIN How many times must a lie be repeated before it is perceived as truth? In January, returning from an art show in Florida,...

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BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN After watching President Obama’s State of the Union, plus the first Republican response to it by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, and the second response by Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, chair of the Tea Party caucus in Congress, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that if nations survive and prosper by […]

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Freshman Stress

Arnold Hamilton - January 28, 2011 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH Every year, UCLA’s Higher Education Research Center does a national study of college freshmen, some 200,000 in all. This year, the big news is emotional health – or lack thereof. Nearly half of the students surveyed – and more than half of the young women – ranked their emotional health as “below […]

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Obama Changes The Narrative

Arnold Hamilton - January 27, 2011 0

BY JOE CONASON Complaints about President Obama’s State of the Union address on both sides of the political divide [which was obscured but not obliterated by the evening’s novel seating arrangements] seemed to miss its point and purpose. Like every successful speech of its kind, Obama’s message resonated on more than one level. So while […]

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Boomers’ ‘Second Adolescence’ Goes On Hold

Arnold Hamilton - January 27, 2011 0

BY FROMA HARROP A few years ago, baby boomers needed 3-D glasses to take in the gorgeous vision of their decades to come. Books and articles foresaw baby boomers skipping off into a “Second Adolescence” of self-fulfillment. No longer chained to the 9-to-5 and still healthy, the newly “retired” would follow their muse. The future […]