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Monthly Archives: October 2012
A Prayer For America And Its People
The October Surprise
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Sandy. Don’t get me wrong. Like most Americans, politics was the last thing on my mind as I waited to hear from my daughter, who lost power and cell service Monday night, along with millions of other Americans, and was trying to figure out what to do and where to go with […]
The Corporate Mad Dogs Of Citizens United
BY JIM HIGHTOWER As feared, our people’s democratic authority has been dogged nearly to death by the hounds of money in this election go ’round, thanks to the Supreme Court’s reckless decree in the now-infamous Citizens United case. That rank political power play by five black-robed judicial partisans unleashed the Big Dogs of corporate money […]
Back To The Center
The Romney Myth About Helping Detroit
BY FROMA HARROP Of Mitt Romney’s many costume changes, the new Superman outfit portraying him as the would-be savior of the American auto industry wins for most imaginative. Understood: His infamous “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” op-ed has proven a great inconvenience to winning votes in the industrial Midwest. But continually insisting that one didn’t say […]