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Alan Greenspan: Stopped Clock of the U.S. Economy

Even a stopped clock, the saying goes, is right twice a day. Taken figuratively, it means that even the people who have been most disastrously, abysmally wrong can occasionally get something damn near right. In that sense, former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan may be...

Our Politics of Powerlessness

In the metro-D.C. area, if it isn't electricity it's the water. The wind shifts direction or a simple summer storm is all it takes to knock out one or the other — and, many times, both. But we don't just have a problem with power. Our biggest challenge is the politics...

Dear Mr. President: Time To Man Up

"It hurts me that they didn't even try to attempt to see what is happening here, they didn't care." Shirley Sherrod – on her forced resignation from the USDA within hours airing of a heavily edited video of Sherrod speaking at an NAACP event by right wing...

Progressive Breakfast - 7/16/2010

Obama, Democrats Pass Historic Financial Reform The Senate has sent to Obama the most sweeping financial reform since the Great Depression: "The Senate on Thursday voted 60-39 to approve the most sweeping overhaul of the nation's financial regulatory system since the...

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