2009
EDITORIAL: ACES is aces
June 26, 2009The U.S. House of Representatives can take the first step towards saving our planet and reviving our economy by passing the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). This bill has the broad support of labor...
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EDITORIAL: A welcome move
June 26, 2009In calling for a stricter use of air strikes, Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the new commander of forces in Afghanistan, took a step back from the abyss. In coming to grips with the harsh reality that...
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Health care mess: how we got into it, how to get out of it
June 26, 2009In 1979, the newly elected mayor of Chicago, Jane Byrne, at the recommendation of some labor union officials, named me to be a “consumer commissioner” on the City of Chicago Health Systems Agency (HSA) Board of...
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Book review: Can capitalism last?
June 26, 2009New book by American Communist explores answers to question of our timeBOOK REVIEWCan Capitalism Last? By Daniel Rubin , 2009, 196 pp, $10 “Marxism is dead. Socialism is dead. What better proof than the collapse of...
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LETTERS: Iran, furloughs, apologies & right-wing deprogramming
June 26, 2009It’s Iran now Some Americans, too many I’m afraid, open up their newspapers or turn on the 6 o’clock news to find out what country or foreign leader our government wants us to be angry at,...
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