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Volume XX    Number 21   May 20, 2012

 

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Why Equality Matters
Truth Out - May 13, 2012 - Michael A Peters
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8985-why-equality-matters

Tough Talk From Environmental Activist Dr. Helen Caldicott
Reader Supported News - May 15, 2012 - Marianne Schnall, Reader Supported News
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/303-211/11439-tough-talk-from-environmental-activist-dr-helen-caldicott

The Case of the Missing Terrorists
Op Ed News - May 14, 2012 - Paul Craig Roberts
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Case-of-the-Missing-Te-by-Paul-Craig-Roberts-120514-789.html

More Volcker rules might help
The Washington Post - May 16, 2012 - Harold Meyerson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/banking-could-use-more-volcker-rules/2012/05/16/gIQA4pRfUU_story.html

Reform Stop-and-Frisk
The New York Times - May 15, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/opinion/reform-stop-and-frisk.html

Judge Rules NDAA Unconstitutional
Reader Supported News - May 17, 2012 - Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/11475-focus-judge-rules-ndaa-unconstitutional

Former Commander of U.S. Nuclear Forces Calls for Large Cut in Warheads
The New York Times - May 15, 2012 - Thom Shanker
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/world/cartwright-key-retired-general-backs-large-us-nuclear-reduction.html

GOP House's Immigrant Betrayal With New Violence Against Women Act
Reader Supported News - May 18, 2012 - Michelle Goldberg, The Daily Beast
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/314-18/11487-gop-houses-immigrant-betrayal-with-new-violence-against-women-act

REVEALED: The Racist GOP Campaign To Smear The President
Think Progress - May 17, 2012
http://thinkprogress.org/progress-report/revealed-the-racist-gop-campaign-to-smear-the-president/

World's Health Issues Are Ours
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - May 19, 2012 - Andrew Young
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/worlds-health-issues-are-1440406.html
 
Proof Of Why Wall Street Needs To Be Regulated
The Economic Times - May 19, 2012 - Paul Krugman
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-05-14/news/31701438_1_deposit-insurance-investment-banks-jamie-dimon
 
Walmart Exposed
The Nation -  May 21, 2012 - Liza Featherstone
http://www.thenation.com/article/159567/justice-betty-dukes-and-women-wal-mart
also read:
http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/23/wal-mart-liza-featherstone.html
 
Europe Rejects Austerity
Common Dreams - May 28, 2012 - Maria Margaronis
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/07-9
 
Benefits Of A Slimmer Pentagon
PERI - Political Economy Research Institute - May 28, 2012 - Robert Pollin & Heidi Garrett-Peltier
http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/other_publication_types/jobs_study_summary.PDF

THE FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPRESSING INFORMATION: Public Opinion in America's 21st Century Police State
Global Research - May 20, 2012 - Prof. James F. Tracy
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30947

Ending the Mindset That Gets Us into War
Global Research - May 20, 2012 - David Swanson
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30945


 

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Selections from May 13, 2012
 
The global fight to end capital punishment
The Guardian - May 6, 2012 - Maya Wolfe-Robinson and Owen Bowcott
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/06/global-fight-end-capital-punishment

Dozens of Police Evict Georgia Family at Gunpoint at 3AM
Reader Supported News - May 6, 2012 - Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/427-foreclosure/11305-dozens-of-police-evict-georgia-family-at-gunpoint-at-3am

Solving Traffic Congestion
Forbes Magazine - May 3, 2012 - Jonathan Becher
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2012/05/03/solving-traffic-congestion/

The Answer Isn’t Socialism; It’s Capitalism that Better Spreads the Benefits of the Productivity Revolution
Democracy in Action - May 7, 2012 - Robert Reich
http://www.nationofchange.org/answer-isn-t-socialism-it-s-capitalism-better-spreads-benefits-productivity-revolution-1336396195

Plutonomy and the Precariat On the History of the U.S. Economy in Decline
Op Ed News - May 8, 2012 - Noam Chomsky
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Noam-Chomsky-A-Rebellious-by-Tom-Engelhardt-120508-662.html

Health Care Increasingly Out of Reach for Millions of Americans
Reader Supported News - May 9, 2012 - Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/313-17/11344-health-care-increasingly-out-of-reach-for-millions-of-americans

Occupy's Liberation From Liberalism
Reader Supported News - May 9, 2012 - David Graeber, Guardian UK
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/441-occupy/11349-focus-occupys-liberation-from-liberalism

Same-sex marriage amendments: bigotry's last gasp
The Guardian - May 8, 2012 - Ana Marie Cox
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/08/same-sex-marriage-amendments

The US War on Latin America
Reader Supported News - May 12, 2012 - Noam Chomsky, Nation of Change
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/266-32/11395-the-us-war-on-latin-america

Game Over for the Climate
Reader Supported News - May 10, 2012 - James Hansen, The New York Times
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/11371-game-over-for-the-climate

The Radical History of Mother’s Day
Democracy in Action - May 12, 2012 - Laura Kacere
http://www.nationofchange.org/radical-history-mother-s-day-1336835841

Police Brutality
Nation of Change - May 12, 2012 - Alexander Cockburn
http://www.nationofchange.org/police-brutality-1336830410

CHICAGO: Don't Believe the NATO Hype: Alternatives Exist to War, Economic Crises
Global Research - May 12, 2012 - Dr. Joseph Gerson
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30815
 
 
 
Selections from May 6, 2012
 
A Cure-all for the Financial Ills of our time?
OpEdNews - April 29, 2012 - Josh Mitteldorf
http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Cure-all-for-the-Financi-by-Josh-Mitteldorf-120429-469.html

Cigarette Companies and Their Underhanded Tactics
Truth Out - April 29, 2012 - David Donovan
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8803-cigarette-companies-and-their-underhanded-tactics

Bishops Play Church Queens as Pawns
The New York Times - April 28, 2012 - Maureen Dowd
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/dowd-bishops-play-church-queens-as-pawns.html

Welcome to the Asylum
Truth Dig - April 30 2012 - Chris Hedges
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/welcome_to_the_asylum_20120430/

A GOP witch hunt for the zombie voter
The Washington Post - May 1, 2012 - Eugene Robinson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gops-crackdown-against-those-who-would-vote/2012/04/30/gIQA49ldsT_story.html

The Koch Brothers – Exposed!
Rolling Stone - April 20, 2012 - Julian Brookes
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/the-koch-brothers-exposed-20120420

Killing Democracy One Vote at a Time
Campaign for America's Future - May 1, 2012 - Leo Gerard
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2012051801/killing-democracy-one-vote-time

PBS Responds on Dow-Funded Series
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting - May 1, 2012
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4535

Obama’s ‘Regulatory Cooperation’ Executive Order Is a Smokescreen for Deregulation
Public Citizen - May 1, 2012
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/pressroomredirect.cfm?ID=3597

The Global Soap Project
Utne Reader - May-June 2012
http://www.utne.com/environment/global-soap-project-zm0z12mjzros.aspx

The 99 Percent Wakes Up
Reader Supported News - May 3, 2012 - Joseph Stiglitz, The Daily Beast
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/11263-the-99-percent-wakes-up

Why are we in Afghanistan for the long haul?
The Washington Post - May 4, 2012 - Eugene Robinson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/leaving-yet-staying-in-afghanistan/2012/05/03/gIQADCB1zT_story.html

Move Your Money: Faith Leaders, Activists To Target Wall Street Banks Throughout Month Of May
Think Progress - May 2, 2012 - Travis Waldron
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/05/02/475460/move-your-money-may/

Timothy Egan: Do Nothings and Know Nothings
The New York Times - May 3, 2012 - Timothy Egan
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/do-nothings-and-know-nothings/

Welcome to the 2012 Hunger Games
Reader Supported News - May 3, 2012 - Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/287-124/11251-welcome-to-the-2012-hunger-games

'Can it be the end of nuclear power?' Japan to shut down last reactor
MSNBC - May 4, 2012
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/04/11532584-can-it-be-the-end-of-nuclear-power-japan-to-shut-down-last-reactor?lite

Romney's Biggest Fib?
Mother Jones - May 2012 - David Corn
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/05/mitt-romney-biggest-fib-size-of-government

Social Security Is Not Going Broke
Reader Supported News - May 5, 2012 - David Cay Johnston, Reuters
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/11283-social-security-is-not-going-broke

Palestinians Go Hungry to Make Their Voices Heard
The New York Times - May 3, 2012 - Jodi Rudoren
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/world/middleeast/palestinian-resistance-shifts-to-hunger-strikes.html

Will People Power Win In Wisconsin?
The Nation - May 14, 2012 - John Nichols
http://www.agenceglobal.com/index.php?show=article&Tid=2782
 
Exit ALEC
The Nation - May 14, 2012 - Editorial
http://www.thenation.com/article/167571/exit-alec?quicktabs_most_block=1
 
What Teachers Want
The Nation - May 14, 2012 - Dana Goldstein
http://danagoldstein.typepad.com/dana_goldstein/education/
 
Progressive Taxation Crucial To States' Futures
Liberal Opinion Week - May 2, 2012 - Neal Peirce
http://citiwire.net/columns/progressive-taxation-critical-to-states-futures/
 
A Rich Guy's Case For Higher Tax Rates
Liberal Opinion Week - May 2, 2012 - Ezra Klein
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ezra-klein-a-rich-guys-case-for-higher-taxes/2012/04/16/gIQAQLoLMT_story.html
 
Down With Everything
Liberal Opinion Week - May 2, 2012 - Thomas Friedman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/friedman-down-with-everything.html
 
Disinformation On Every Front
Global Research - May 5, 2012 - Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30706
 
 
Selections from April 29, 2012
 
SOPA Mutates Into Much Worse CISPA, the Latest Threat to Internet Free Speech
Nation of Change - April 22, 2012 - Ethan A. Huff
http://www.nationofchange.org/sopa-mutates-much-worse-cispa-latest-threat-internet-free-speech-1335102195

USA Today Journalists Targeted After Report on DOD Propaganda Program
Reader Supported News - April 22,2012 - Ali Gharib, ThinkProgress
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/317-65/11067-usa-today-journalists-targeted-after-report-on-dod-propaganda-program

Do You Know Your Rights?
The New York Times - April 22, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/opinion/do-you-know-your-rights.html

Earth Day means nothing if We Don’t Limit Carbon Emissions
Informed Comment - April 22, 2012 - Juan Cole
http://www.juancole.com/2012/04/earth-day-means-nothing-if-we-dont-limit-carbon-emissions.html

Vatican's rebuke of nuns ignores their good works
The Philladelphia Enquirer - April 22, 2012 - Monica Yant Kinney:
http://articles.philly.com/2012-04-22/news/31382606_1_nuns-vatican-document-priests-and-men

Subsidize Students, Not Tax Cuts
The New York Times - April 24, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/opinion/subsidize-students-not-tax-cuts.html

A Battle Over Dow Agent Orange Corn
Reader Supported News - April 26, 2012 - Andrew Pollack, The New York Times
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/11142-a-battle-over-dow-agent-orange-corn

The Relationship Between Christianity and Capitalism
Reader Supported News - April 22, 2012 - Bill Moyers
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/11080-the-relationship-between-christianity-and-capitalism

The Forgotten Children of Fallujah
Reader Supported News - April 25, 2012 - Robert Fisk, The Independent UK
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/289-134/11138-the-forgotten-children-of-fallujah

Our all-volunteer military should stay that way
The Washington Post - April 27, 2012 - Elliot J. Feldman
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/our-all-volunteer-military-should-stay-that-way/2012/04/27/gIQAhdeHmT_story.html

Occupy Has Control of This Year's Political Debate
Reader supported News - April 28, 2012 - Douglas Schoen, The Daily Beast
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/441-occupy/11178-focus-occupy-has-control-of-this-years-political-debate

Laureates Meet At Summit
The Boston Globe - April 24, 2012 - Tammy Webber
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/04/23/nobel-laureates-gather-chicago-for-summit/t3u7aBysgPB05O1s8mYYKP/story.html

NAZISM, THE LESSONS OF HISTORY: The Global War on Terror, in the "Original German"
Global Research - April 26, 2012 - David Swanson
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30553

THE GULF IS DYING: Two years After the BP Drilling Disaster, Gulf Residents Fear for the Future
Global Research - April 27, 2012 - Jordan Flaherty
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30561
 
 
Selections from April 22, 2012
 
Why a Fair Economy is Not Incompatible with Growth but Essential to It
Nation of Change - April 16, 2012 - Robert Reich
http://www.nationofchange.org/why-fair-economy-not-incompatible-growth-essential-it-1334583226

Sunday Observer: Young, Black, Male, and Stalked by Bias
The New York Times - April 14, 2012 - Brent Staples
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/opinion/sunday/young-black-male-and-stalked-by-bias.html

America's Deadly Devotion to Guns
Reader Supported News - April 17, 2012 - Gary Younge, Guardian UK
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/275-42/10990-focus-americas-deadly-devotion-to-guns

National Priorities Project Breaks Down Federal Income Tax Dollars to the Penny
Common Dreams - April 16, 2012
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/04/16

The Citizens United Gang
Nation of Change - April 18, 2012 - Jim Hightower
http://www.nationofchange.org/citizens-united-gang-1334754607

Report on Iran's Nuclear Fatwa Distorts Its History
Truth Out - April 19, 2012 - Gareth Porter
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8617-report-on-irans-nuclear-fatwa-distorts-its-history

Most Swing Voters Favor Afghan Troop Withdrawal
Pew Research Center - April 18, 2012
http://www.people-press.org/2012/04/18/most-swing-voters-favor-afghan-troop-withdrawal/

Another BP Cover-Up
Reader Supported News - April 21, 2012 - Greg Palast, Ecowatch
http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/11057-focus-another-bp-cover-up

The Most Vital Issue In American Politics Today
The Nation - April 23, 2012 - Alexander Cockburn
http://foreconomicjustice.com/877/the-most-vital-issue-in-american-politics-today/

A Budget For All
The Nation - April 23, 2012 - Editorial
http://www.thenation.com/article/167213/budget-rebuild-america
 
Freedom Can Require Courage
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - April 15, 2012 - Shawn McIntosh
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/freedom-can-require-courage-1416247.html

POLICE CLAMP DOWN ON INDEPENDENT ONLINE MEDIA: FBI Seizes Server from Progressive Internet Service Provider
Global Research - April 20, 2012 - Jamie McClelland
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30420

"FIGHT THE NET": Pentagon Media Psyops and "Black Propaganda"
Global Research - April 20, 2012 - Washington's Blog
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30424
 
 
Selections from April 15, 2012
 
Why Not Get the Law and Politics Right on Iran?
The Chronicle of Higher Education - April 6, 2012 - David Barash
http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/why-not-get-the-law-and-politics-right-on-iran/45431

Bill Cosby: 'The Gun' Empowered Mr. Zimmerman
Reader Supported News - April 9, 2012 - Deborah Simmons, The Washington Times
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/416-gun-control-/10863-bill-cosby-the-gun-empowered-mr-zimmerman

'Money Is More Important for Men,' Wis. Repeals Equal Pay Rights
Reader Supported News - April 9, 2012 - Michelle Goldberg, The Daily Beast
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/314-18/10862-money-is-more-important-for-men-wis-repeals-equal-pay-rights

Federal Funds to Train the Jobless Are Drying Up
The New York Times - April 9. 2012 - Motoko Rich
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/business/economy/federal-funds-to-train-jobless-are-drying-up.html
 
Why Fox News Viewers Are Misinformed
Readr Supported News - April 10, 2012 - Chris Mooney, AlterNet
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/276-74/10880-why-fox-news-viewers-are-misinformed

The liberal betrayal of Bradley Manning
Salon - April 10, 2012 - Glenn Greenwald
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/10/the_liberal_betrayal_of_bradley_manning/singleton/

Fate of Japan and the Whole World Depends on No. 4 Reactor
Reader Supported News - April 11, 2012 - Akio Matsumura, Finding the Missing Link
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/303-211/10896-fate-of-japan-and-the-whole-world-depends-on-no-4-reactor

The High Cost of Gambling on Oil
The New York Times - April 11, 2012 - Joseph Kennedy II
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/opinion/ban-pure-speculators-of-oil-futures.html

Connecticut Death Penalty Repeal Approved By State Legislature
The Huffington Post - April 12, 2012 - Shannon Young
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/12/connecticut-death-penalty-repeal_n_1419597.html

The 'Gunshine State'
Reader Supported News - April 13, 2012 - George Bauer, AlterNet
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/416-gun-control-/10930-the-gunshine-state

What to Make of the ALEC Exodus
Nation of Change - April 14, 2012 - Brook Jarvis
http://www.nationofchange.org/what-make-alec-exodus-1334409417

Republicans and the Gun Lobby
The New York Times - April 13, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/14/opinion/republicans-and-the-gun-lobby.html

Why Nations Fail
Liberal Opinion Week -  April 11, 2012 - Thomas Friedman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/opinion/sunday/friedman-why-nations-fail.html
 
Elephants Down Under
Liberal Opinion Week - April 11, 2012 - Thomas Friedman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/opinion/friedman-elephants-down-under.html
 
Those Who Cry 'Enemy' Should Listen To Lincoln
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - April 12, 2012 - Leonard Pitts
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/04/10/144586/commentary-why-do-some-in-gop.html

SPYING ON AMERICANS: Obama's Backdoor "Cybersecurity" Wiretap Bill Threatens Political and Private Rights Spying on Social Media
Global Research - April 10, 2012 - Tom Burghardt
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30238
 
 
Selections from April 8, 2012
 
Why Lotteries Are a Bad Bet for State Budgets
Reader Supported News - April 1, 2012 - Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgress
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/10745-why-lotteries-are-a-bad-bet-for-state-budgets

The Real Costs of War
Truth Out - April 1, 2012 - Bill Moyers
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8238-the-real-costs-of-war

How the Intelligence Community Is Creating a New American World
Tom Dispatch - April 3, 2012 - Tom Engelhardt
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175524/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_the_intelligence
_ate_our_world

When Europe Develops, and Israel Destroys
IPS News - April 3, 2012 - Charlotte Silver
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107292

Social Darwinism or a Decent Society
Reader Supported News - April 4, 2012 - Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/10792-focus-social-darwinism-or-a-decent-society

New Calculator Shows Long-Run Deficit is Entirely Due to Health Care Costs
Common Dreams - April 5, 2012 - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/04/05-3

State-dominated media and Iran
Salon - April 5, 2012 - Glenn Greenwald
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/05/state_dominated_media_and_iran/singleton/

More states privatizing their infrastructure. Are they making a mistake?
The Washington Post - March 31, 2012 - Ezra Klein
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/more-states-privatizing-their-infrastructure-are-they-making-a-mistake/2012/03/31/gIQARtAhnS_blog.html

Joe Klein on Trayvon Martin: Democrats Are Bad Too
FAIR - April 3, 2012 - Peter Hart
http://www.fair.org/blog/2012/04/03/joe-klein-on-trayvon-martin-democrats-are-bad-too/

Sexual Humiliation, a Tool to Control the Masses
Reader Supported News - April 6, 2012 - Naomi Wolf, Guardian UK
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/10831-sexual-humiliation-a-tool-to-control-the-masses

Stripped of Protection, Wolves Face 'Second Extermination' in US
Common Dreams - April 4, 2012
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/04-2

Time Running Out for Sustainable Future: Report
Common Dreams - April 3, 2012
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/03-5

Ryan Budget The Most Fraudulent In U.S. History - Pink Slime Economics
The New York Times - April 1, 2012 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/opinion/krugman-pink-slime-economics.html
 
How Health Curves Affect Cost
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - April 7, 2012 - Neal Halfon
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/how-health-curves-affect-1409188.html

The "Frog Revolution", Mounting Social Inequality and the "Super Rich"
Global Research - April 6, 2012 - Joel S. Hirschhorn
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30182
 
 
Selections from April 1, 2012
 
DHS Documents Show Role in Occupy Crackdown
Reader Supported News - March 25, 2012 - by Justice Online
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/441-occupy/10625-focus-dhs-documents-show-role-in-occupy-crackdown

Obama Assumes Dictatorial Powers
Dick Morris Blog - March 23, 2012 - Dick Morris
http://www.dickmorris.com/obama-assumes-dictatorial-powers/

Down and Out on Wall Street
Nation of Change - March 26, 2012 - Jim Hightower
http://www.nationofchange.org/down-and-out-wall-street-1332773744

Truthdigger of the Week: Glenn Greenwald
Truthdig - March 23, 2012
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/truthdigger_of_the_week_glenn_greenwald_20120323/

cartoon: the shooters
Editorial Cartoonists - March, 2012 - Paul Fell
http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoons/FellP/2012/FellP20120326_low.jpg

1,000 March in Tel Aviv Against War With Iran
Reader Supported News - March 26, 2012 - Ben Hartman, The Jerusalem Post
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/330-131/10636-1000-march-in-tel-aviv-against-war-with-iran

Scientists Warn of Low-Dose Risks of Chemical Exposure
Reader Supported News - March 26, 2012 - Elizabeth Grossman, Yale Environment 360
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/313-17/10635-scientists-warn-of-low-dose-risks-of-chemical-exposure

The Supreme Court's Five Hypocrites
Truthout - March 29, 2012 - Robert Scheer
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8188-the-supreme-courts-five-hypocrites

Economix: The Enduring Consequences of Unemployment
The New York Times - March 28, 2012 - Binyamin Appelbaum
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/the-enduring-consequences-of-unemployment

Bank of America: Too Crooked to Fail
Rolling Stone - March 14, 2012 - Matt Taibbi
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/bank-of-america-too-crooked-to-fail-20120314

The Wrong Message Machinery
The Nation - April 9, 2012 - Robert Reich
http://www.thenation.com/article/166975/can-americans-trust-government-again
 
Corporate-backed Group Expands Crony Capitalism
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - March 31, 2012 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/opinion/krugman-lobbyists-guns-and-money.html
 
Save American Politics: Kill The Primary
Liberal Opinion Week - March 28, 2012 - Ezra Klein
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-14/kill-the-american-primary-to-save-american-politics-ezra-klein.html
 
Cities, Metros Respond To A New Global Economy
Liberal Opinion Week - March 28, 2012 - Neal Peirce
http://citiwire.net/columns/cities-metros-respond-to-a-new-global-economy/

The Concept of "Revolutionary Freedom"
Global Research - April 1, 2012 - Devon DB
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30071

National Outrage over Killing of Trayvon Martin
Global Research - March 31, 2012 - Sherwood Ross
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30055
 
 
Selections from March 25, 2012
 
 
CIA Chief: We'll Spy On You Through Your Dishwasher
Reader Supported News - March 18, 2012 - Spencer Ackerman, Wired
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/335-156/10510-cia-chief-well-spy-on-you-through-your-dishwasher

The 'Surge' Myth's Deadly Result
Reader Supported News - March 18, 2012 - Robert Parry, Consortium News
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/266-32/10523-the-surge-myths-deadly-result

Resistance Builds to NATO's Threat of Permanent War and Nuclear Dominance
Truthout - March 18, 2012 - Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers
http://truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=7322:resistance-builds-to-natos-threat-of-permanent-war-and-nuclear-dominance

To Save Israel, Boycott the Settlements
The New York Times - March 19, 2012 - Peter Beinart
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/opinion/to-save-israel-boycott-the-settlements.html

Jim Hightower | Banker Hubris Knows No Bounds
Nation of Change - March 21, 2012 - Jim Hightower
http://www.nationofchange.org/banker-hubris-knows-no-bounds-1332335770

Afghanistan and American Imperialism
Reader Supported News - March 21, 2012 - Glenn Greenwald, Guardian UK
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/266-32/10564-focus-afghanistan-and-american-imperialism

Iran: All Options on the Table?
Huffington Post - March 21, 2012 - Jonathan Granoff
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-granoff/iran-all-options-on-the-t_b_1367354.html

Walking While Black
Huffington Post - March 21, 2012 - Marion Wright Edelman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marian-wright-edelman/walking-while-black_b_1371428.html
 
The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)
Reader Supported News - March 15, 2012 - James Bamford
http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-news-section/422-national-security/10585-nsa-building-foreigndomestic-spying-supercenter-in-utah

Republican Math and the Pentagon Budget
Utne Reader - March 21, 2012 - William D. Hartung
http://www.utne.com/Politics/Republican-Math.aspx

What You Need to Know About Premium Support
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - March 19, 2012 - Paul N. Van de Water
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3704

Thank You, Affordable Care Act!
Reader Supported News - March 23, 2012 - Sandra Fluke, Reader Supported News
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/272-39/10597-focus-thank-you-affordable-care-act

Right-Wing Hate Groups Exploding in Size and Reach
Readr Supported News - March 24, 2012 - Mark Potok, Alternet
http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/316-20/10611-focus-right-wing-hate-groups-exploding-in-size-and-reach

'Big Government' Isn't the Problem, Big Money Is
Common Dreams - March 23, 2012 - Robert Reich
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/03/23-2

WALL STREET CONFIDENCE TRICK: How "Interest Rate Swaps" Are Bankrupting Local Governments
Global Research - March 22, 2012 - Ellen Brown
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29907
 
 
Selections from March 18, 2012
 
89 Conservation Groups, 97 Scientists Oppose Proposed Obama Policy That Would Limit Protection for Endangered Species
Center for Biological Diversity - March 8, 2012 - Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/endangered-species-policy-03-08-2012.html

After Afghan Massacre, War Gets Victim Status
Faitness and Accuracy in Reporting - March 12, 2012
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4508

March Madness and the 'Civil Rights Movement for Our Times'
The Nation - March 12, 2012 - Dave Zirin
http://www.thenation.com/blog/166740/march-madness-and-civil-rights-movement-our-times

Malice Versus Nobility: On Scooter Libby and Bradley Manning
Common Dreams - March 12, 2012 - Saul Landau
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/03/12-4

Speaking Truth About Power
Nation of Change - March 18, 2012 - Jim Hightower
http://www.nationofchange.org/speaking-truth-about-power-1331730900

Terror, Trauma, and the Endless Afghan War
Nation of Change - March 15, 2012 - Amy Goodman
http://www.nationofchange.org/terror-trauma-and-endless-afghan-war-1331826602

Afghanistan: The Wheels Are Coming Off
This Can't Be Happening - March 15, 2012 - John Grant
http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/1098

Air Pollution Will Become Bigger Global Killer Than Dirty Water
Reader Supported News - March 16, 2012 - Fiona Harvey, Guardian UK
http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/10477-air-pollution-will-become-bigger-global-killer-than-dirty-water

The Abuse of Solitary Confinement
The New York Times - March 16, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/opinion/the-abuse-of-solitary-confinement.html

Natural Born Drillers
The New York Times - March 16, 2012 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/opinion/krugman-natural-born-drillers.html

Friendship Power Spans Globe
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - March 17, 2012 - George T. Brown, Jr.
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/friendship-power-spans-globe-1388002.html
 
Stop Invoking Greece As A Cautionary Tale For U.S.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - March 17, 2012 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/opinion/krugman-what-greece-means.html
 
Getting To Know Them
Liberal Opinion Week - March 14, 2012 - Jules Witcover
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-03-05/news/bal-getting-to-know-them-20120301_1_herman-cain-debates-principal-candidate
 
The Lessons Of Fukushima
The Nation - March 26, 2012 - Alexander Cockburn
http://www.thenation.com/article/166665/lessons-fukushima-one-year-later
 
Defending Healthcare
The Nation - March 26, 2012 - David Cole
http://www.thenation.com/article/166672/defending-healthcare
 
The US, Israel And Iran
The Nation - March 26, 2012 - Editorial
http://www.thenation.com/article/166674/us-israel-and-iran

POLICE STATE USA: New Obama Executive Order Seizes U.S. Infrastructure and Citizens for Military Preparedness
Global Research - March 17, 2012 - Brandon Turbeville
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29835

End the Crime That Is the War on Afghanistan
Global Research - March 17, 2012 - Prof. Francis Boyle
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29825

Rediscovering Poverty. How We Cured “The Culture of Poverty,” Not Poverty Itself
Global Research - March 16, 2012 - Barbara Ehrenreich
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29816
 
 
Selections from March 11, 2012
 
Gas in the U.S. Elections
Nation of Change - March 3, 2012 - Dean Baker
http://www.nationofchange.org/gas-us-elections-1330787387

How Do We Contain a Nuclear Iran?
The American Prospect - March 5, 2012 - Suzanne Maloney
http://prospect.org/article/how-contain-nuclear-iran

The ‘All Natural’ Scam: How to Shop Healthy For You and Your Family
Nation of Change - March 5, 2012 - Andre Evans
http://www.nationofchange.org/all-natural-scam-how-shop-healthy-you-and-your-family-1330966761

Retired US Generals to Obama: 'No War of Choice in Iran'
Reader Supported News - March 6, 2012 - Bryant Jordan, Military.com
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/330-131/10317-retired-us-generals-to-obama-no-war-of-choice-in-iran

How Ayn Rand Became the New Right's Version of Marx
Reader Supported News - March 6, 2012 - George Monbiot, Guardian UK
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/10320-focus-how-ayn-rand-became-the-new-rights-version-of-marx

Big 6 Oil Companies Complete a Trillion-Dollar Decade
Reader Supported News - March 6, 2012 - David Wallechinsky, AllGov
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/10322-big-6-oil-companies-complete-a-trillion-dollar-decade

Women Bearing the Brunt of Austerity in Britain
New York Times - March 6, 2012 - Beth Gardiner
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/world/europe/women-bearing-the-brunt-of-austerity-in-britain.html

Jim Hightower | Woody at 100
Nation of Change - March 7, 2012
http://www.nationofchange.org/woody-100-1331137121

Rightwing Hate Groups in US on the Rise: Report
Common Dreams - March 8, 2012 - Common Dreams staff
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/03/08

Hidden Dangers in Everyday Products, Even the 'Green' Ones
Reader Supported News - March 10, 2012 - Amy Westervelt, Forbes
http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/10385-hidden-dangers-in-everyday-products-even-the-green-ones

Fukushima Disaster Anniversary Finds U.S. Nuclear Regulation Debate Still Raging
Nation of Change - March 8, 2012 - Corbin Hiar
http://www.nationofchange.org/fukushima-disaster-anniversary-finds-us-nuclear-regulation-debate-still-raging-1331219767

The threat of carbon emissions on the world’s oceans
Washington Post - March 6, 2012 - editorial
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-threat-of-carbon-emissions-on-the-worlds-oceans/2012/03/02/gIQAF7WhvR_story.html

Rick's Religious Fanaticism
New York Times - February 21, 2012 - Maureen Dowd
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/opinion/dowd-ricks-religious-fanaticism.html
 
Muddying The Playing Field
Chicago Tribune - February 22, 2012 - Jules Witcover
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-201202211430--tms--poltodayctnyq-a20120222feb22,0,4649471.column
 
On The President As Alien
Washington Post - February 22, 2012 - E.J. Dionne, Jr.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-the-president-as-alien/2012/02/22/gIQAces8TR_story.html
 
Jeremy Lin: Taking The Weight
The Nation - February 29, 2012 - Dave Zirin
http://www.thenation.com/print/article/166518/jeremy-lin-inspires-nation
 
Right-Wing Racism: Past, Present - And Future
The Nation  March 19, 2012 issue - Eric Alterman
http://www.thenation.com/article/166524/right-wing-racism-past-present-and-future
 
Nuclear Power? Germany Says Nein Danke
The Nation - March 1, 2012 - Paul Hockenos
http://agenceglobal.com/Article.asp?Id=2744

The Criminalization of Protest: Say Goodbye To Free Speech in America
Global Research - March 9, 2012 - Devon DB
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29673

PsyWarfare: "The Battle for the Mind"
Global Research - March 11, 2012 - Adrian Salbuchi
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29689

The Corrupt Influence of Money in the American Political System
Global Research - March 8, 2012 - Prof. Rodrigue Tremblay
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29655
 
 
Selections from March 4, 2012                  
 
The War on Labor
Reader Supported News - February 26, 2012 - Jack Random, CounterPunch
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/274-41/10164-focus-the-war-on-labor
 
To Create Jobs, Transfer Billions From Military to Education
Reader Supported News - February 25, 2012 - Matt Bewig, AllGov
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/10151-to-create-jobs-transfer-billions-from-military-to-education

Anti-War Critics Forgotten on Oscar Night
Truth Out - February 26, 2012 - Adam Hochschild
http://www.truth-out.org/antiwar-critics-forgotten-oscar-night/1330280524

Forgetting the Past, One Military Movie at a Time
Truth Out - February 26, 2012 - David Sirota
http://www.truth-out.org/forgetting-past-one-military-movie-time/1330094665

Is the fight against global warming hopeless?
The Washington Post - February 28, 2012 - editorial
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-the-fight-against-global-warming-hopeless/2012/02/17/gIQAhRAXaR_story.html

One In Five Americans Report Not Having Enough Money For Food In 2011
Think Progress - February 27, 2012 - Pat Garofalo
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/02/27/433223/hunger-report-2011

Keystone Back from the Dead
American Prospect - February 28, 2012
http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/action.handleViewInBrowser.do?ea.campaigner.email=

Showing the world the power of women’s voices
The Washington Post - February 27, 2012 - Petula Dvorak
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/showing-the-world-the-power-of-womens-voices/2012/02/27/gIQArfFteR_story.html

Taking on the Dental Crisis: A Q&A With Bernie Sanders
The Nation - February 27, 2012 - Greg Kaufmann
http://www.thenation.com/print/article/166466/taking-dental-crisis-qa-bernie-sanders

Lessons from Fukushima nuclear disaster shows millions remain at risk
Greenpeace - February 28, 2012 - media release
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/media-center/Lessons-from-Fukushima-nuclear-disaster-shows-millions-remain-at-risk2/

Women's Health Care at Risk
The New York Times - February 28, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/opinion/womens-health-care-at-risk.html

NDAA: Clear and Present Danger to American Liberty
Reader Supported News - March 1, 2012 - Naomi Wolf, Guardian UK
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/275-42/10240-ndaa-clear-and-present-danger-to-american-liberty

A Civil Right to Unionize
The New York Times - February 29, 2012 - RICHARD D. KAHLENBERG and MOSHE Z. MARVIT
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/opinion/a-civil-right-to-unionize.html

The Big Fracking Bubble: The Scam Behind the Gas Boom
Common Dreams - March 1, 2012
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/03/01-3

The Israeli Lobby Beats the Drums For War
This Can't Be Happening - March 3, 2012 - John Grant
http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/1086

Tea Party's Poisoned Punch
Liberal Opinion Week - February 14, 2012 - John Young
http://johnyoungcolumn.blogspot.com/2012/02/tea-partys-poisoned-punch.html
 
Untruths About Europe Could Skew U.S. Policies
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - March 3, 2012 - Paul Krugman
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/european-crisis-realities/
 
 
Selections from February 26, 2012
 
Virginia's Proposed Ultrasound Law Is an Abomination
Reader Supported News - February 18, 2012 - Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/273-40/10037-virginias-proposed-ultrasound-law-is-an-abomination

Private Prison Company to Demand 90% Occupancy
Reader Supported News - February 19, 2012 - Noel Brinkerhoff and David Wallechinsky, AllGov
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/316-20/10052-private-prison-company-to-demand-90-occupancy

Iran Uses Terror to Target Civilians, and So Does Israel
Common Dreams - February 20 , 2012 - Gideon Levy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/20-3

The American Century Is Over— Good Riddance
The Chronicle of Higher Education - February 19, 2012 - Andrew J. Bacevich
http://chronicle.com/article/The-American-Century-Is/130790/

Building Sustainable Future Needs More Than Science, Experts Say
Inter Press Service - February 19, 2012 - Stephen Leahy
http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/02/building-sustainable-future-needs-more-than-science-experts-say/

Cooperatives Over Corporations
Nation of Change - February 22, 2012 - Jim Hightower
http://www.nationofchange.org/cooperatives-over-corporations-1329928508

Federal Rules to Disclose Fracking Chemicals Could Come with Exceptions
Pro Publica - February 16, 2012 - Lena Groeger
http://www.propublica.org/article/federal-rules-to-disclose-fracking-chemicals-could-come-with-exceptions

Peaceful Protest Can Free Palestine
The New York Times - February 22, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/opinion/peaceful-protest-can-free-palestine.html

Dow and Monsanto Join Forces to Poison America's Heartland
Truth Out - February 23, 2012 - Richard Schiffman
http://www.truth-out.org/dow-and-monsanto-join-forces-poison-americas-heartland/1329933936

What Would It Take? Solving Climate Change
Utne Reader - February 21, 2012 - Ben Jervey
http://www.utne.com/Environment/What-Would-It-Take-Solving-Climate-Change-Robert-Socolow.aspx

Why We Must Occupy Our Food Supply
Reader Supported News - February 24, 2012 - Willie Nelson and Anna Lappe
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/441-occupy/10133-focus-why-we-must-occupy-our-food-supply

Gulf War III isn’t an option
The Washington Post - February 25, 2012 - Eugene Robinson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/gulf-war-iii-isnt-an-option/2012/02/23/gIQAlwMZWR_story.html

A Global War on Christians in the Muslim World?
Huffington Post - February 23, 2012 - John L. Esposito
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-l-esposito/global-muslim-war-on-christianity_b_1296330.html

Stop Keystone Pipeline Before It's Too Late
Reader Supported News - February 25, 2012 - Ted Turner, CNN
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/10145-stop-keystone-pipeline-before-its-too-late

A Politics That Says: The People Shall Rule
The Nation-  February 17, 2012 - John Nichols
http://www.thenation.com/blog/166331/politics-says-people-shall-rule
 
The GOP's New Southern Strategy
The Nation-  February 20, 2012 - Ari Berman
http://www.theinvestigativefund.org/investigations/politicsandgovernment/1603/the_gop%27s_new_southern_strategy/
 
Drones, A Troubling History
The Nation - February 27, 2012 - John Sifton
http://www.thenation.com/article/166124/brief-history-drones
 
Tea Party Politics Imperils Transportation Bill
Liberal Opinion- Week  February 22, 2012-  Neal Peirce
http://citiwire.net/post/3219/
 
The GOP Scrambles For A Bogeyman
Liberal Opinion Week - February 22, 2012 - Harold Meyerson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-scrambles-for-a-bogeyman/2012/02/07/gIQAyrZwzQ_story.html

Proof that War Is Bad for the Economy
Global Research - February 24, 2012 - by Washington's Blog
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29480
 
Selections from February 19, 2012
 
Army Officer’s Leaked Report Rips Afghan War Success Story
Nation of Change - February 12, 2012 - Gareth Porter
http://www.nationofchange.org/army-officer-s-leaked-report-rips-afghan-war-success-story-1329063857

Camping, hiking and fishing in the wild as a child breeds respect for environment in adults, study finds
Cornell University - March,13, 2006 - Susan S. Lang
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March06/wild.nature.play.ssl.html

The Big Money Behind State Laws
The New York Times - February 13, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/opinion/the-big-money-behind-state-laws.html

Contraception and the cost of culture wars
The Washington Post - February 12, 2012 - E.J. Dionne Jr.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/contraception-and-the-cost-of-culture-wars/2012/02/10/gIQAHTdV9Q_story.html

America’s billionaire-run democracy
Salon - February 13, 2012 - Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
http://politics.salon.com/2012/02/13/americas_billionaire_run_democracy/

How the revolution became digitized
CBS News - February 12, 2012 - John Blackstone
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57376133/how-the-revolution-became-digitized/

The Secret, Koch Brothers and Microsoft Funded Plan To Teach Elementary School Children That Climate Change Is A Hoax
Op Ed News - February 14, 2012 - Brad Johnson
http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe.php?linkid=145506

What It's All About
Reader Supported News - February 15, 2012 - John Cory
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/9988-focus-what-its-all-about

Islamophobia is America's real enemy
The Guardian - February 10, 2012 - Daisy Khan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/09/islamophobes-us-muslims-enemy

Occupy Joins the Fight Against Private Prisons
Truth Out - February 17, 2012 - Rania Khalek
http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-joins-fight-against-private-prisons/1329245021

Most Red States Take More Money From Washington Than They Put In
Mother Jones - February 16, 2012 - Dave Gibson
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/states-federal-taxes-spending-charts-maps

The Invincible Military-Industrial Complex
Reader Supported News - February 18, 2012 - Veronique de Rugy, Reason
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/424-national-security/10028-the-invincible-military-industrial-complex

The Komen Omen
The Nation - February 27, 2012 - Editorial
http://www.thenation.com/article/166145/komen-turnaround-was-defensive-victory
 
Occupy Nonviolence
The Nation - February 27, 2012 - Todd Gitlin
http://www.thenation.com/article/166142/will-occupy-embrace-nonviolence
 
Something's Severely Off, And It's Not Just Romney
The New York Times - February 12, 2012 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/opinion/krugman-severe-conservative-syndrome.html

The .0000063% Election How the Politics of the Super Rich Became American Politics
Global Research - February 18, 2012 - Ari Berman
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29365
 
Selections from February 12, 2012
 
Afghan shift: The U.S. is right to curtail combat earlier
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - February 3, 2012 - opinion
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207753-192.stm

It Can’t Happen Here
Utne Reader - January 30, 2012 - Tom Engelhardthttp://www.utne.com/Politics/American-Empire-Pushing-Toward-Iran-Persian-Gulf.aspx

The Citizens United catastrophe
The Washington Post - February 6, 2012 - E.J. Dionne Jr.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-citizens-united-catastrophe/2012/02/05/gIQATOEfsQ_story.html

A line of would-be immigrants? There isn’t one.
The Washington Post - February 6, 2012 - opinion
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-line-of-would-be-immigrants-there-isnt-one/2012/02/02/gIQAZEKTsQ_story.html

Israel, Pipe Down
Reader Supported News - February 6, 2012 - Leslie H. Gelb, The Daily Beast
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/289-134/9810-israel-pipe-down

Why the AGs Must Not Settle: Robo-signing Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Op Ed News - February 5, 2012 - Ellen Brown
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-the-AGs-Must-Not-Settl-by-Ellen-Brown-120205-622.html

LENR Is Here, But Is It Real, and Has Its Time Come? ("cold fusion")
Op Ed News - February 3, 2012 - Steve Windisch
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Cold-Fusion-is-Here-It-s-by-steve-windisch-120202-446.html

Saul Alinsky, Who?
Common Dreams - February 6, 2012 - Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/06-6

Anniversaries From ‘Unhistory’
Nation of Change - February 7, 2012 - Noam Chomsky
http://www.nationofchange.org/anniversaries-unhistory-1328625093

Natural Gas and the News
FAIR - February 2012 - Miranda Spencer
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4477

A Ruling for Equal Rights
The New York Times - February 8, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/a-ruling-for-equal-rights.html

Do Politicians Know Anything About Schools and Education? Anything?
Reader Supported News - February 8, 2012 - Diane Ravitch, Nieman Watchdog
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/299-190/9867-do-politicians-know-anything-about-schools-and-education-anything

Who's Wrong in 'War on Catholics' Fight?
Reader Supported News - February 7, 2012 - Daniel C. Maguire, Consortium News
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/287-124/9860-whos-wrong-in-war-on-catholics-fight

The Great Carbon Bubble: Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Fights So Hard
Common Dreams - February 7, 2012 - Bill McKibben
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/07-2

The Female Body As Battlefield
Reader Supported News - February 11, 2012 - Anne Taylor Fleming, Politico
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/273-40/9917-the-female-body-as-battlefield

Blacks Given Longer Sentences Than Whites for Same Crimes
Reader Supported News - February 11, 2012 - David Wallechinsky and Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/316-20/9914-blacks-given-longer-sentences-than-whites-for-same-crimes

Sure, Apple Could Build The iPhone Here
The Nation - February 20, 2012 - Alexander Cockburn
http://www.thenation.com/article/165979/sure-apple-could-build-iphone-here
 
Veteran GOP Appointee Asserts 'Science Has Left The Building'
Liberal Opinion Week - February 8, 2012 - Neal Peirce
http://citiwire.net/post/3182/

Occupy & Tea Party Join Forces to Protest NDAA
Reader Suported News - February 12, 2012 - Rob Kall
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Occupy--Tea-Party-Join-Fo-by-Press-Release-120212-199.html
 
Selections from February 5, 2012
 
Avoiding a Catastrophic War with Iran
Truth Out - January 29, 2012 - opinion
http://www.truth-out.org/avoiding-catastrophic-war-iran/1327858501

Editorial: Voting and Racial History
The New York Times - January 27, 2012 - opinion
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/opinion/voting-and-racial-history.html

Birth Control and Reproductive Rights
The New York Times - January 30, 2012 - opinion
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/opinion/birth-control-and-reproductive-rights.html

Lessons from Iraqi outrage over US drones
Salon

Occupy Must Learn From Sundance
Reader Supported News - February 1, 2012 - Naomi Wolf
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/441-occupy/9735-occupy-must-learn-from-sundance

Retirees Occupy Century Aluminum
Nation of Change - February 1, 2012 - Leo Gerard
http://www.nationofchange.org/retirees-occupy-century-aluminum-1328107450

Paying For Cancer Treatment for Children in America With a Car Wash, Bake Sale and Fish Fry
Huffington Post - January 31, 2012 - Wendell Potter
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wendell-potter/paying-for-cancer-treatme_b_1244294.html

A Nuclear-Free Middle East
Reader Supported News - February 2, 2012 - Richard Falk
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/289-134/9750-a-nuclear-free-middle-east

Wall Street Journal Slammed for Giving Platform to Climate Change Deniers
Common Dreams - February 1, 2012 - staff
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/01-6

ABC's Iran Propaganda
FAIR - Frbruary 2, 2012
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4479

Romney fails the empathy test
The Washington Post - February 2, 2012 - Eugene Robinson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/romneys-indifference-to-the-poor/2012/02/02/gIQA4RpVlQ_story.html

Susan G. Komen Foundation Says It Is Not Connected To Pink 'Hope' Handgun
Huffington Post - February 3, 2012 - Jennifer Bendery
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/03/susan-g-komen-planned-parenthood-handgun_n_1252448.html

The tiny Jordan Valley village of Khirbet al-Tawil, surrounded by encroaching Jewish settlements, launched a hunger strike to make the world notice their distress.
Haaretz - February 3, 2012 - Gideon Levy
http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/twilight-zone-this-is-no-life-1.410809

Saudi Oil Minister: Global Warming 'Humanity's Most Pressing Concern'
Reader Supported News - February 4, 2012 - Stephen Lacey
http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/9778-saudi-oil-minister-global-warming-humanitys-most-pressing-concern

Obama's Choice
The Nation - February 13, 2012 - Editorial
http://www.thenation.com/article/obamas-choice-0
 
Gitmo: 10 Years & Counting
The Nation - January 23, 2012 - David Cole
http://www.thenation.com/article/165443/guantanamo-ten-years-and-counting
 
Rep. Giffords’ departure a blow to democracy
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - January 28, 2012 - Leonard Pitts
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/28/2613602/rep-giffords-departure-a-blow.html

HUMAN VOCATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: Contributing to Society, Realizing Oneself as a Human Being
Global Research - February 2, 2012 - Prof. John McMurtry
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29045
 
Selections from January 29, 2012
 
We the People
Reader Supported News - January 22, 2012 - Sen. Bernie Sanders and Robert Weissman
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/9565-we-the-people

Newt Gingrich exploits politics of class and culture
The Washington Post - January 23, 2012 - E.J. Dionne Jr.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/newt-gingrich-exploits-politics-of-class-and-culture/2012/01/22/gIQAfI5qIQ_story.html

Shale-Shocked: Fracking Gets Its Own Occupy Movement
Thuth Out - January 23, 2012 - Ellen Cantarow
http://www.truth-out.org/shale-shocked-fracking-gets-its-own-occupy-movement/1327328955

The Caging of America
The New Yorker - January 30, 2012 - Adam Gopnik
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2012/01/30/120130crat_atlarge_gopnik

Montana Takes on Citizens United
The New York Times - January 24, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/opinion/montanas-challenge-to-citizens-united.html

Clean Water Safeguards Headed Down the Drain?
Reader Supported News - January 24, 2012 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/9599-focus-clean-water-safeguards-headed-down-the-drain

Radical Revolution USA
Nation of Change - January 25, 2012 - Bill Quigley
http://www.nationofchange.org/radical-revolution-usa-1327509642

US/Israel: Iran NOT Building Nukes
Truth Out - January 25, 2012 - Ray McGovern
http://www.truth-out.org/usisrael-iran-not-building-nukes/1327505284

Apple's Labor Pool: Job Market or Slave Auction?
Reader Supported News - January 25, 2012 - Steve Mikulan
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/9624-apples-labor-pool-job-market-or-slave-auction

Not A Peep About President's Praise for War
Common Dreams - January 26, 2012 - Laura Flanders
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/26-4

Remembering Howard Zinn
Reader Supported News - January 27, 2012 - Noam Chomsky
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/304-justice/9651-focus-remembering-howard-zinn

Immigration Politics: More Than Jobs
Huffington Post - January 27, 2012 - John Tirman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-tirman/immigration-republicans_b_1237388.html

Fighting Back Against Corporate Personhood
Truth Out - January 27, 2012 - Bill Moyers
http://www.truth-out.org/bill-moyers-fighting-back/1327630978

Fracking Company: EPA Decision to Test Contaminated Wells in Dimock "Undercuts" Obama's Commitment to Natural Gas
Truth Out - January 27, 2012 - Mike Ludwig
http://www.truth-out.org/fracker-epa-decision-test-contaminated-wells-dimock-undercuts-obamas-commitment-natural-gas/13276868

POLICE STATE AMERICA: FEMA Camp Rendition Hubs Discovered
Global Research - January 27, 2012 - Kurt Nimmo
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28924

WORLDWIDE CONQUEST: The U.S. Prepares for "Global Unmanned Warfare"
Global Research - January 27, 2012 - Boris Volkhonsky
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28914
 
Selections from January 22, 2012
 
Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Truth Out - January 15, 2012
http://www.truth-out.org/stop-school-prison-pipeline/1326636604

Combating Slavery in Coffee and Chocolate Production
Truth Out - January 15, 2012 - Jeff Nall
http://www.truth-out.org/combating-slavery-coffee-and-chocolate-production/1326641187

Herding Americans to War With Iran
Reader Supported News - January 13, 2012 - Robert Parry
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/290-139/9421-herding-americans-to-war-with-iran

US Ranks 27th in Social Justice
Truth Out - January 16, 2012 - Jim Hightower
http://www.truth-out.org/us-ranks-27th-social-justice/1326737822

Close the Guantánamo Gulag
Truth Out - January 17, 2012 - Marjorie Cohn
http://www.truth-out.org/close-guantanamo-gulag/1326813677

Lending to Repression, Again
IPS News - January 18, 2012 - Cam McGrath
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106467

Business is Booming for the Prison Profiteers
Counterpunch - January 9, 2012 - James Kilgore
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/09/business-is-booming-for-the-prison-profiteers/

Five Reasons US Must Avoid War With Iran
Reader Supported News - January 19, 2012 - L. Bruce Laingen and John Limbert
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/289-134/9513-five-reasons-us-must-avoid-war-with-iran

Stop the Corporate Takeover of Democracy
Reader Supported News - January 20, 2012 - Bernie Sanders
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/9537-focus-stop-the-corporate-takeover-of-democracy

Paycheck, Not Character, The Measure Of A Man Today
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - January 21, 2012 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/opinion/krugman-how-fares-the-dream.html?_r=1&ref=paulkrugman
 
GOP Anti-Labor Zealotry
The Nation - January 30, 2012 - John Nichols
http://www.thenation.com/article/165592/gop-anti-labor-zealotry
 
Human Knowledge, Brought To You By ...
Liberal Opinion Week - January 18, 2012 - Ezra Klein
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/human-knowledge-brought-to-you-by-/2012/01/06/gIQALP0ofP_story.html
 
Shoveling Americas Wealth To The Top
Liberal Opinion Week - January 18, 2012 - Jim Hightower
http://jimhightower.com/node/7627
 
Waiting For Mitt The Moderate
Liberal Opinion Week - January 18, 2012 - Nicholas Kristof
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/opinion/kristof-waiting-for-mitt-the-moderate.html
 
No Longer A Land Of Opportunity
Liberal Opinion Week - January 18, 2012 - Harold Meyerson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-longer-the-land-of-opportunity/2012/01/02/gIQAOJVDZP_story.html
 
It's here - Global centralization of elections, privatized
Global Research - January 18, 2012 - Bev Harris
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28735

World Peace Hanging By A Thread
Global Research - January 22, 2012 - Fidel Castro Ruz
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28791
 
Selections from January 15, 2012
 
Recognizing the ‘Unpeople’
Democracy in Action - January 8, 2012 - Noam Chomsky
http://www.nationofchange.org/recognizing-unpeople-1326034449

Fracking Cracks the Public Consciousness in 2011
Pro Publica - December 29, 2012 - Abraham Lustgarten
http://www.propublica.org/article/fracking-cracks-the-public-consciousness-in-2011

Ending a cruel immigration twist
The Washington Post - January 6, 2012 - editorial
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ending-a-cruel-immigration-twist/2012/01/06/gIQA38y8jP_story.html

Republicans Versus Reproductive Rights
The New York Times - January 9, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/opinion/republicans-versus-reproductive-rights.html

Mitt Romney, Job Killer
Think Progress - January 9, 2012
http://thinkprogress.org/progress-report/romney-job-killer/?mobile=nc

Michael Klare, Energy Wars 2012
Tom Dispatch - January 10, 2012 - Michael T. Klare
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175487/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_energy_wars_2012/

The Bain of Capitalism
Reader Suported News - January 11, 2012 - Robert Reich
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/9377-focus-the-bain-of-capitalism

Mitt Romney and our overdue debate about capitalism
The Washington Post - January 12, 2012 - E.J. Dionne Jr.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitt-romney-and-our-overdue-debate-about-capitalism/2012/01/11/gIQA0EyxrP_story.html

Super Cuts!
FAIR - January, 2012 - Peter Hart
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4455

Iran: The Neocons Are At It Again
Common Dreams - January 11, 2012 - Ralph Nader
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/11-9

War, History, And The Big Lie
Liberal Opinion Week - January 4, 2012 - Robert Koehler
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-koehler/the-big-lie-marches-on_b_1163073.html

DEMOCRATIZE BANKING: Occupy the Neighborhood, How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain
Global Research - January 12, 2012 - Ellen Brown
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28664

When the World Outlawed War
Global Research - January 12, 2012 - Bruce Levine
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28628

KILLER SEEDS: The Devastating Impacts of Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Seeds in India
Global Research - January 12, 2012 - Iqbal Ahmed
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28629
 
Selections from January 8, 2012
 
American Paradox: 18.5 Million Vacant Homes and 3.5 Million Homeless
Human Rights Now - January 12, 2012 - Tanuka Loha
http://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/housing-its-a-wonderful-right/

Nobody Understands Debt
The New York Times - January 12, 2012 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/opinion/krugman-nobody-understands-debt.html

Group: 162,000 Civilan Deaths in Iraq Since 2003 Invasion
Common Dreams - January 8, 2012
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/02-1

Iran and Historical Forgetting
This Can't Be Happening - January 2, 2012 - John Grant
http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/986

Where the Real Jobs Are
The New York Times - January 2, 2012 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/opinion/where-the-real-jobs-are.html

TransCanada Inspector: Keystone XL Pipeline Not Safe
Reader Supported News - January 3, 2012 - Mike Klink
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/9246-transcanada-inspector-keystone-xl-pipeline-not-safe

How can the expectation levels of this two party duopoly sink any lower?
Op Ed News - January 3, 2012 - Ralph Nader
http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-can-the-expectation-le-by-Ralph-Nader-120103-790.html

Forced Military Testing in America's Schools
Common Dreams - January 4, 2012 - Pat Elder
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/04-0

The Pentagon's Biggest Overrun: Way Too Many Generals
Truth Out - January 5, 2012 - Dina Rasor
http://www.truth-out.org/pentagons-biggest-overrun-way-too-many-generals/1325776008

End of the pro-democracy pretense
Salon - January 2, 2012 - Glenn Greenwald
http://www.salon.com/2012/01/02/end_of_the_pro_democracy_pretense/singleton/

The Decline of the Public Good
Reader Supported News - January 5, 2012 - Robert Reich
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/287-124/9283-focus-the-decline-of-the-public-good

Time Cheers the Drone War
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) - January 3, 2012 - Peter Hart
http://www.fair.org/blog/2012/01/03/time-cheers-the-drone-war/

Science with a Skew: The Nuclear Power Industry After Chernobyl and Fukushima
Truth Out - January 7, 2012 - Gayle Greene
http://www.truth-out.org/science-skew-nuclear-power-industry-after-chernobyl-and-fukushima/1325956958

Is The World Really Safer Without The Soviet Union?
The Nation - January 9/16, 2012 - Mikhail Gorbachev
http://www.thenation.com/article/165317/world-really-safer-without-soviet-union

Obama's New Military Strategy: Targeting Nations which Challenge US Hegemony
Global Research - January 7, 2012 - Stephen Lendman
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28527
 
 
Selections from January 1, 2012 
 
The Book of Jobs
Vanity Fair - December 25, 2011 - Joseph E. Stiglitz
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/01/stiglitz-depression-201201

Springtime for Toxics
The New York Times - December 26, 2011 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/opinion/krugman-springtime-for-toxics.html

Controlling Wolves: War on Wildlife or Basic Necessity?
Los Angeles Times - December 8, 2011 - opinion
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2011/12/controlling-wolves-war-on-wildlife-or-basic-necessity-most-commented-.html

The Bi-Partisan Attack on Medicare
Counterpunch - December 26, 2011 - Shamus Cooke
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/12/26/the-bi-partisan-attack-on-medicare/

Is the World Really Safer Without the Soviet Union?
The Nation - December 21, 2011 - Mikhail Gorbachev
http://www.thenation.com/article/165317/world-really-safer-without-soviet-union

Occupy the P.U.-litzers!
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting - December 27, 2011
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4451

Eight States Raise Minimum Wage for New Year
Truthout - December 28, 2011 - Dick Meister
http://www.truth-out.org/eight-states-raise-minimum-wage-new-year/1325085353

Palestine, a history rich and deep
The Washington Post - December 27, 2011 - Maen Rashid Areikat
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/palestine-a-history-rich-and-deep/2011/12/21/gIQALJ6GLP_story.html

Half of America In Poverty? The Facts Say It's True
Common Dreams - December 27, 2011 - Paul Buchheit
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/27-0

Why attacking Iran is still a bad idea
Foreign Policy Magazine - December 27, 2011 - Stephen M. Walt
http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/12/27/why_attacking_iran_is_still_a_bad_idea

Iraqi arms deal stokes fears of civil war
Michael Schmidt and Eric Schmitt - December 30, 2011 - Michael Schmidt and Eric Schmitt
http://www.smh.com.au/world/iraqi-arms-deal-stokes-fears-of-civil-war-20111229-1pe9a.html

United States as a Global Power: New World Disorder
Common Dreams - December 29, 2011 - The Guardian Editorial
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/29-1

Torn Apart: US Government Separates Parents and Children
In These Times - December 20, 2011 - Aaron Nelson
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/12424/torn_apart_how_the_federal_government_separates_parents_and_children

Fracking Cracks the Public Consciousness in 2011
Truthout - December 31, 2011 - Abrahm Lustgarten
http://www.truth-out.org/fracking-cracks-public-consciousness-2011/1325354500

Lawmakers Like That We Don't Speak Their Language
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - December 31, 2011 - Amity Shlaes
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-29/new-political-buzzwords-obscure-same-problems-commentary-by-amity-shlaes.html

One Day Children Will Ask... "What is War" ... A Message of Hope for 2012
Global Research - December 31, 2011 - Martin Luther King
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28422

The Rights of the "Human" over the "Non-Human": The Undeclared World War of Human Rights versus Corporate Rights.
Gobal Research - December 31, 2011 - Prof. John McMurtry
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28429
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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