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  • Alienation in American life: a Marxist view

    Alienation in American life: a Marxist view

    October 14, 2005

    In modern capitalist society we are separated from family, friends and neighbors. Sometimes I get the feeling that people don’t really seem interested in getting to know each other. Do we view other people as important...

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  • The estate tax hoax

    The estate tax hoax

    October 14, 2005

    The “American” way of life hangs in the balance. The threat: Terrorism? Hurricanes? Disease? Drought? No. The repeal of what helped make the U.S. the “land of the free to pursue your place”: the estate tax....

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  • Letters

    Letters

    October 14, 2005

    Medicare Part D scam The following is excerpted from a letter sent to President Bush with copies to Sens. Schumer and Clinton of New York. I am just one of the people who will be losing...

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  • And the public yawned

    And the public yawned

    October 14, 2005

    If George W. Bush’s speech last week to the National Endowment for Democracy were a Broadway play, it would’ve closed after opening night: All but his most slavish supporters panned it, and the general public yawned....

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  • New court nominee needed

    New court nominee needed

    October 14, 2005

    Maybe Bush and his in-group thought they could slide Harriet Miers onto the Supreme Court with nobody asking questions. But it seems some of his far-right backers aren’t following the script. Right-wing flacks George Will and...

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