politics
Guam: Proposed U.S. base expansion seen as threat
June 28, 2010President Obama was supposed to drop by the U.S. island colony of Guam in his trip to the Asia-Pacific region a couple of weeks ago.
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As November nears, Texas GOP gets weirder
June 10, 2010The great State of Texas has always been an asylum for colorful characters, but something is burnishing those colors to high gloss of late.
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Hate speech can bring deadly results
April 23, 2010Fifteen years after Oklahoma City bombing, a similar dangerous trend is developing. Politicians and political activists who engage in ultra-right hate speech play a role in provoking violence.
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Getting to a doctor versus romanticizing the revolution
March 24, 2010I run a Communist YouTube channel for young people, and I'm noticing some of them are romanticizing revolution but forgetting about the working class - for example, on health care.
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He got the ball rolling
January 28, 2010Last night the president got the ball rolling, but he didn't roll it far enough or always in the right direction. So now it's our turn.
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