ultra-right
Real story of war: one damn thing after another
October 8, 2010WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange got it right about Afghanistan: "It's one damn thing after another ... the everyday squalor of war." What steps can we take to end it?
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In tea party town would fire fighters watch as houses burn?
October 7, 2010Last week the nation saw a preview of life in an America as envisioned by ultra-right tea party types - a country where everything will be "privatized," more frightening than anything the cinema has to offer.
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Manchin vs. Raese in West Virginia – better swallow the toad
October 7, 2010Manchin's opponent, John Raese, a multi-millionaire (by inheritance), is an extremist Republican who would like to throw everything back to before child labor laws.
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Common ground, One Nation: who could argue with that?
October 7, 2010Participants in Saturday's rally took one step in the right direction, towards a conversation that acknowledges our commonality and ceaseless interdependence with one another.
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Immigrants as scapegoats – a recurrent right-wing tactic
October 6, 2010Immigrants have been a perennial scapegoat of the right-wing.
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