Opinion
Chavez’s legacy
March 7, 2013He was repeatedly re-elected by wide margins, and will be mourned not only by Venezuelans but by many Latin Americans who appreciate what he did for the region.
Read moreNews clips from the world of the wealthy
March 7, 2013The next time a rich corporate chieftain whines about higher taxes or says he's "just like you and me," take him to Disneyland. It may remind him how he's not.
Read moreCancel sequester now!
March 6, 2013The term "sequester" hides from Americans the damage being wrought by a GOP-led Congress bent on slashing programs that help poor and working-class people.
Read moreEnd to favoritism for Cuban immigrants?
March 5, 2013The Chicago Tribune's editorial February 16 on U.S.- Cuba relations was big news - the newspaper had departed from the prevailing silence on how Cubans arrive in the United States.
Read moreAnti-communism: More than one kind of smear
March 1, 2013There is an increase in right-wing efforts to smear liberal opponents as Communists, as supporters of terrorism, as un-American.
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