Opinion
COMMENTARY Narrow thinking on health care
July 22, 2009HR 676, the single-payer bill introduced by Michigan Rep. John Conyers, is a fine piece of legislation and it is understandable that those who have worked hard for its enactment are passionate about this cause. What...
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OPINION Ahmadinejad on the wrong side of history
July 22, 2009To reach a correct judgment concerning recent developments in Iran and the self-styled re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, it is vital to view the whole picture: national and international. For some, otherwise objective, anti-imperialist forces outside...
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COMMENTARY The health care crisis becomes personal
July 21, 2009I had the recent misfortune to fracture my right ankle, having a little too much fun on it. It has impacted my mobility, reduced my hours at work, and not least of all, cast me into...
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COMMENTARY The mentality of marginalization
July 19, 2009Because of McCarthyism, the Cold War, the long economic expansion following WW II, and a resistence to think anew, the Left has been on the edges of politics for more than a half century. During this...
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COMMENTARY Blood and oil in Central Asia
July 19, 2009Original source: . Reposted by permission of the author. In the past month, two seemingly unrelated events have turned Central Asia into a potential flashpoint: an aggressively expanding North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and a nascent...
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