The Dark Side of Black Friday
As a recovering suburbanite, strip malls make me anxious. They remind me of my childhood, a time when a McDonald's hamburger was a tasty, uncomplicated object. A time before Chris Ellis - a McDonald's...
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On Remembering 'Democracy'
There's an old joke about memory loss. A couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want...
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The Long March of America's Oligarchy
Over forty percent of news segments in prime time are now under 30 seconds in length. Pew Research reports news snippets are getting shorter and shorter. The reason, of course, is the shock- and-awe...
View ArticleThe Final Indian War in America About to Begin
Notes from Indian Country By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) © Native Sun News (Note: This column will appear before the Senate votes on the Keystone XL Pipeline. The House has already approved the...
View ArticleNotes for Next Time: From Turnoff to Turnout
The voting turnout in this year's congressional and gubernatorial elections was the lowest since 1942. Much of the story was in young people, poor people, black and Hispanic citizens who tend to...
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From Jonathan Gruber to Kim Kardashian: Why American Leadership Is Broken
Kim Kardashian's break-the-Internet nude photos, Jonathan Gruber's outrageous statements on getting Obamacare passed and Sen. Mary Landrieu's speech on the Senate floor on the Keystone XL pipeline made...
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Illogical Logic of Our Iraq Policy
We attacked Iraq in the aftermath of 9/11 to remove Saddam Hussein who presumably represented a potential threat to us by having weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Even though there was no imminent...
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McConnell Brings Republican Hypocrisy to a New Low, and That's Saying Something
In case anyone out there didn't already know it, Thursday's comments by incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) make clear that Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds. President Obama's...
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Rush Limbaugh Is Emblematic of Our Political Rot
It is stunning that leading conservative thinkers are arguing that the Republican majority in Congress is a mandate for even more gridlock. Rush Limbaugh says Republicans weren't elected "to make...
View ArticleFor India to Agree to a Climate Deal Like China Would Be Disastrous
NEW DELHI -- The agreement between U.S. and China on climate change at the APEC summit in Beijing last week sent participants at the G20 summit in Brisbane struggling to reconcile their response to...
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Activist Comics: Free Airtime for Candidates
In the wake of the 2014 midterms, it is estimated that dark money spending -- campaign expenditures from unknown contributors -- topped $145 million. Most of that is spent on outside advertising, which...
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A Tax System That Works for Donald Trump (and Nobody Else)
New York is America's wealthiest city. But it is also one of America's most unequal. For every town car on Madison Avenue, there is a single mother struggling to pay for milk in the Bronx. For every...
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Mothers Push for Bold Climate Action
Co-Authored by: Jenny Marusiak and Electa Sevier New natural gas pipelines are not an easy fix for our high electricity prices. In fact, they are dangerous options that threaten to lock us into fossil...
View ArticleThe Parties of No
In 1874, Republicans suffered one of the greatest electoral reversals in American history, losing 170 seats and their commanding House majority to the Democratic opposition. Although not apparent at...
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Obama Should Wait (A Little) on Immigration Announcement
I don't want to deceive anyone by that headline, so allow me to explain its meaning up front. President Obama has the whole political universe holding its collective breath on when he's going to make...
View ArticleIf Democrats Are Serious, They'll Reject Keystone XL and Sen. Landrieu
This November, the Koch Brothers and their friends in the oil industry used tens of millions of dollars to successfully replace Senate Majority Leader Reid with Mitch McConnell, a Republican more...
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When a Real Kansas Marriage Turns Into a Legal One
When Courtney and Denise asked me to marry them, I said, "Sure, but you know, I'm not legal to marry anyone." "Duh," said Denise, giggling. "Like it matters," added Courtney. At the time, in early...
View ArticleThe Problem of 'Stupid' in Economics
M.I.T. Professor Jonathan Gruber has inadvertently become a YouTube celebrity as a result of a video of him referring to the public as "stupid." The immediate point of reference was the complexity of...
View ArticleThe New GOP Congress Americans Do Not 'Wish They Had'
The man who lost the last (presidential) election round and who goes around talk shows trying to pretend he did not, has some advice for the man who beat him in 2012. Appearing on Sunday's CBS Face the...
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