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Atheism in the US. The last big taboo. FT, Julian Maggiani
Posted by Alexander Harper, Friday, February 3, 2012Truthdig – Focus on Iran and China Could Hasten American Decline
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012FOCUS | Washington Is Rigged – Elizabeth Warren
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, February 2, 2012Biggest Risk to the Economy in 2012
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, February 1, 2012Newt and the Neocons
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, February 1, 2012Truthdig – Winning Our Future, Gambling With Democracy
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, January 31, 2012Reagan’s Road to Climate Perdition | Consortiumnews
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, January 30, 2012Occupying Hawaii: Paradise Lost and Found
What a sad story, past and present. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Sunday, January 29, 2012
Byron Dorgan on Making Banks Play by the Rules
This is one of the prescient people who warned us about the dangers of a great recession. He is warning us again. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Sunday, January 29, 2012
NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (10)
"The system for reviewing presidential appointments is broken. Changing the rule is a risky course, but it is the only way to get the nation’s work done" (Editorial); "A student movement led by Camila Vallejo and centered on reforming Chile’s educational system is upending the society" (Guest Op-Ed); "Millions of children take drugs to help them pay attention — but do they really help?" (Guest Op-Ed); "Focusing on public expectations of privacy means that our rights change when technology does" (Guest Op-Ed); "While Cynthia Nixon’s critics have good reason to worry about how her words will be construed, they have no right to demand silence and conformity from her" (Bruni); "Would it be ethical to produce, or take, a drug that makes us more likely to help others?" (Guest Op-Ed); "What is it about runways that brings out the fire in our cool president?" (Dowd); "There is a big gap in how C.E.O.’s and political leaders look at the world" (Friedman); "The power of the state can crowd out other forms of community" (Douthat); "Religious people are more likely to donate to charity" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 29, 2012
Fighting Back Against Corporate Personhood – Moyers
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, January 28, 2012The Libertarian and the Lobbyists
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, January 28, 2012How Power and Influence Helped Big Banks Rewrite the Rules – Moyers
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, January 27, 2012The Pathology of Inequality | Common Dreams
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, January 26, 2012The State of Our Disunion – Robert Reich
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, January 25, 2012TomDispatch: Tomgram: William Astore, Confessions of a Recovering Weapons Addict
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, January 25, 2012Smirking Chimp (2)
"Ten Steps for Radical Revolution in the U.S."; Is this what individualist right-wing extremism is coming to?Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Emerging-market multinationals: The rise of state capitalism | The Economist
Rome and BerlinPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, January 23, 2012
We the People – Sen. Bernie Sanders
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, January 23, 2012Higher Education in the US: A Fading Dream
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, January 23, 2012Repeal the Farce of ‘Corporate Personhood’
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, January 21, 2012Corporate Rule Is Not Inevitable by Sarah van Gelder — YES! Magazine
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, January 21, 2012Vulture capitalism on trial
thanks Mha Atma KhalsaPosted by Michael Butler, Friday, January 20, 2012
TomDispatch: Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, Sinking the Petrodollar in the Persian Gulf
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, January 18, 2012Truthdig – Why I’m Suing Barack Obama – Chris Hedges
Good for him. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, January 17, 2012
