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EDITORIAL Regulation: the next frontier
May 21, 2009Now that U.S. taxpayers have invested a trillion dollars -- plus $10 trillion more in credit -- many are asking 'What happens next to prevent a repeat of this fiasco?' Part of the answer can perhaps...
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EDITORIAL Want to secure Social Security? Lift the cap
May 21, 2009Right-wing Republican Party-linked think tanks want to eliminate Social Security. They are using a recent report from the Social Security trustees that indicate the recession has harmed the long-term financial security of the program's trust fund...
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Bring troops home from Afghanistan
May 20, 2009The U.S. Senate is poised to vote before Memorial Day on funds to continue the Iraq and Afghanistan wars through Sept. 30. The House of Representatives has already approved a supplemental appropriation, but we can still...
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COMMENTARY The Pelosi distraction
May 18, 2009The cable news programs are full of indignation about Nancy Pelosi supposedly lying about, and thus insulting the CIA. For those who have been vacationing on another planet, Speaker Pelosi last week claimed that the CIA...
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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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