David Eisenhower
LATEST ARTICLES BY David Eisenhower
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Peace
Bloody fiasco must end
May 7, 2004Enough. The colonial pipedreams of G.W. Bush’s gang of neo-conservatives is creating a humanitarian and military catastrophe in Iraq.
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Peace
The costs of perpetual war
March 19, 2004The War Resister’s League estimates that in fiscal year 2005 the Bush administration’s imperial war budget will top $935 billion.
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U.S.
Great Game for oil & power
March 12, 2004In March 2001 Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham told the National Energy Security Summit that “America faces a major energy supply crisis over the next two decades.
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U.S.
Budgets of mass destruction
February 19, 2004After factoring out the Social Security surplus and adding in a pricey supplemental appropriation for the war in Iraq, the federal budget deficit for Fiscal Year 2004 could reach $700 billion.
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U.S.
The politics of indices
January 23, 2004DOW, NASDAQ, and GDP don’t truly reflect the health of the nation
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U.S.
States face fiscal crisis
December 12, 2003In 2004, states across the country will be experiencing their fourth straight year of budget woes. While the official explanation tends to blame a weak economy for anemic revenues, a closer examination reveals that federal policies...
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Labor
The scandal of vanishing vacation time
July 25, 2003From Berlin, New York Times correspondent Richard Bernstein reports on what he presents as the question of the day: Have Germans “become too addicted to leisure time for their own good?”
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U.S.
State budget crisis deepens
May 22, 2003In her analysis of “The State Fiscal Crisis” for the Center for Budget Priorities, Lisa McNichol reveals the dimensions of the most serious budget crisis in decades.
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