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Better Off? Hell Yes!

Damn right America is better off than it was four years ago. Four years ago was September 2008. George W. Bush was president and Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers was collapsing. It was a time of fear. It was a time of panic about the future. Recalling that anxiety is...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: Deficit Rorschach Test: The Presidents, the Editors, and the Truth OurFuture.Org's Richard Eskow: "Both political parties have 'an aversion to telling the truth,' says the Washington Post. The truth? That newspaper's editors are part of a small but...

The Party Platforms: What In God's Name?

It's always amusing when God (if — and I know I risk losing a huge chunk of readers by writing this — there is one) gets dragged into politics. After all, with an entire universe to run (unless you're a Deist of the Thomas Jefferson variety), you have to admit it's...

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