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Beware Rich Political Saviors (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust July 28, 2010 -- Consumer confidence is terrible; citizen confidence is worse: Only 11 percent of Americans have confidence in Congress. No surprise there is ...
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A critical examination of Matt Simmons’ claims on the Deepwater spill (Robert Rapier)
Matt Simmons July 29, 2010 (The Oil Drum) -- Matt Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert, has long been one of the most famous and influential voices on the subject of peak oil. After the release ...
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Phytoplankton worldwide have been shrinking for 100 years, study shows (Amina Khan)
Combining historical records and modern satellite data, scientists reveal a disturbing trend for the microscopic algae, the first link in the marine food chain. July 29, 2010 (Los Angeles Times) -- ...
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What Is It? (James Howard Kunstler)
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust July 26, 2010 -- The New York Times ran a story of curious import this morning: "Mel Gibson Loses Support Abroad." Well, gosh, that's disappointing. And ...
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Why Socialism? (Albert Einstein)
This essay was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of ...
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Protofascism Comes to America: The Rise of the Tea Party (Ted Rall)
July 22, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Is the Tea Party racist? Democrats who play liberals on TV say it isn't. Vice President Joe Biden says the Tea Party "is not a racist organization" per ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Start-Up Nation - The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle. By Dan Senor and Saul Singer (Jim Miles)
July 23, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Start-Up Nation - The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle. Dan Senor and Saul Singer. Council of Foreign Relations Book, McClelland & Stewart. 2009. There are ...
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The Palestinian Authority: Redundant but Dangerous Language (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 22, 2010 -- Each time Israel fails to keep its "side of the bargain," the Palestinian Authority responds with the same redundant language. The cycle has become ...
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A hidden world, growing beyond control (Dana Priest and William M. Arkin)
July 19, 2010 (Washington Post) -- The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one ...
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Rethinking Iran-Contra (Robert Parry)
July 1, 2010 (Consortium News) -- The conventional view of the Iran-Contra scandal is that it covered the period 1985-86, when President Ronald Reagan became concerned about the fate of American ...
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Damn That Dick Nixon! (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust July 19, 2010 -- We all know in the long history of our great nation that truly the most vile and wicked President to ever hold the keys to the Oval Office was ...
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