Opinion
California governor calls for more deep cuts
May 16, 2009In a move some said was timed to influence California’s May 19 special election, Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger May 14 unveiled two proposed budgets to cope with the state’s ballooning deficit. The first would close a...
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BOOK REVIEW The Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences
May 15, 2009BOOK REVIEW 'The Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences' By John Bellamy Foster and Fred Magdoff Monthly Review Press, 2009, 160 pagesThe economic collapse spreading through the world is being blamed on greedy American bankers who...
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Letters: equal rights, violence inheritance, drug busts in Venezuela
May 15, 2009Equal rights Pope Benedict XVI has called for greater respect for women. If he really wanted women to be treated better, then he would allow women to become priests, cardinals and popes. He should support the...
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The year we came to our senses
May 14, 2009For a while it seemed like Americans might not be ready to face the future — a future that demands that this nation’s promise of equality be made real for all of our people. State after...
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Confronting Big Oil
May 14, 2009President Obama is taking on the oil and gas industry. He intends to save taxpayers $30 billion over the next 10 years by ending tax loopholes Big Oil has been enjoying on our dime. Former President...
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