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A Real Solution for our Economy

By Joe Wantz
October 7th, 2008

The national conversation has been focused squarely on the economy in the last several weeks, with pundits and experts breathlessly declaring a financial catastrophe of epic scale. Of course, those of us who live in the real world knew the economy has been in trouble far before Wall Street failed. We know people who had their house lost to foreclosure. more »

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Hanging Ourselves With a Chinese-Made Rope

By David Sirota
October 7th, 2008

Whomever the next president is, he will have to confront economic, human rights, national security and environmental issues on a global scale. It isn't just the financial sector that has gone planetary - it is everything. more »

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The Real Economy Strikes Back

By Robert Borosage
October 7th, 2008

So much for the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. Stocks are tanking across the world. Clearly, once the bailout passed, investors took a good look at the real economy and dove for the mattresses. We’re headed into a great reckoning. And at the heart of that, as argued in our new op-ad in the New York Times, is this country’s unsustainable global economic strategy. more »

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Echoing the Keating Five Message

By David Sirota
October 6th, 2008

For the last few weeks, I've been publishing newspaper columns, making television appearances and writing blog posts pointing out that John McCain's f more »

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Ten-Point Program for Systemic Economic Transformation

By Rebecca Em Campbell
October 6th, 2008

TEN-POINT PROGRAM FOR SYSTEMIC ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

1. Nonviolent secession of North American bioregions from the American empire, breaking the power of its criminal federal government that has seceded from the American people, and is actively violating human and natural rights throughout the planet. more »

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Weekend Watchdog Wrapup

By Terrance Heath
October 6th, 2008

Well, it looks like another 0-for-3 weekend for the watchdog, as most of the questions focused less on the economy and more on the presidential race and campaign tactics. more »

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Foreign Disservice

By Tom Sullivan
October 5th, 2008

Two items this weekend reminded me of the Foreign Service Exam. To be considered for the U.S. diplomatic corps, applicants have to pass a test which includes a challenging section on English usage. An English professor of mine once said he'd known college deans who couldn't pass it. Too bad passing it isn’t a requirement for American heads of state. more »

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Is Bailout Constitutional?

By Jeff Watkins
October 4th, 2008

According to our Constitution, all appropriation bills must start in the House of Reps. So, here is my question and thought. Is the bailout bill that started in the Senate Constitutional? more »

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On the Road With the Bailout Vote: A Final Good, Bad & Ugly Analysis

By David Sirota
October 3rd, 2008

I just arrived at my destination point at a secure undisclosed location in the mountains of Western Colorado. I just had to get away for a little bit - the last two weeks have been really intense. more »

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Weekend Watchdog

By Terrance Heath
October 3rd, 2008

It's been a nail-biter of a week, as the nation's attention rocketed between the bailout wranglings on the Hill (Will there or won't there be a bailout package? There is.) and the vice presidential debate (How will the candidates do? Both survived.). But the real question is: Who will be on the Sunday shows, and what questions will the watchdog ask?

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George McGovern Continues to Sell Out Labor

By Rick Perlstein
October 7th, 2008

This just arrived in my via my inbox: more »