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Death Of A Poet

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BY RICHARD L. FRICKER As Occupy movements across the country come to grips with the reality of a protest movement OccupyOKC has been dealt the...

Occupy Fukushima: Fukushima Legislature Votes To Close 10 Nukes

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BY BOB NICHOLS On Oct. 28 it was 232 days since the world’s worst industrial disaster started at the six nuclear power plants at Fukushima...

Speaking Up For ‘That 1%’

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BY JOE CONASON Lauded by the Washington press corps for his “courage” and “honesty” in confronting federal deficits and the national debt, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-WI, wrote a budget that almost sank the Republican Party – and may still damage its prospects – because he proposed to dismantle Medicare. Yet his party still relies upon […]

American Autumn: Quo Vadis?

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BY RALPH NADER The question confronting the Occupy Wall Street encampments and their offshoots in scores of cities and towns around the country is quo...

Mitt Romney’s Other Problems

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH When asked in a recent Washington Post/Pew Research poll to offer one-word descriptions of the Republican presidential hopefuls, some 30% of the respondents said of Mitt Romney: “Mormon.” Troubling? Sure, and not just for Romney supporters. The extent of open, outspoken discrimination against Mormons – three years after the country elected its […]