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Letting go of our economic myths and fantasies

March 5, 2010 Madonna Gauding Economy, Employment, Politics Leave a comment

America is supposed to be the land of opportunity, where people who work hard can create wealth and security for themselves and their families.

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We all live in glass houses but some don’t realize it

March 4, 2010 Chris Mayes Politics 4 comments

The ability to sell a contradiction is sometimes the measure of a man or woman, at least when it comes to success in politics. 

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U.S. Congress: Where lawmakers meet to “tweet”

March 2, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Politics, Technology 2 comments

According to The Hill, The Republican Study Committee (RSC) declared Monday [March 1, 2010] a “Twitter Day,” encouraging its members to tweet about their “commitment,”

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Democracy now…for Iran

February 28, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Politics Leave a comment

According to Congress.org, U.S. Senator John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, has just introduced S.3008, a bill that “establishes a government program to support

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What Republicans & Democrats can agree upon

February 26, 2010 Arthur Lieber Congress, Obama, Politics 2 comments

The current lack of bi-partisan cooperation in part reflects a polarity of ideas, but also a distressing amount of “boys and girls behaving badly.”

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Senator Bernie Sanders wants ten million solar roofs

February 23, 2010 Madonna Gauding Energy, Government, Obama, Politics, Technology 4 comments

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is a rare bird in Washington, DC. Throughout his career—first as mayor of Burlington, then as a seven term

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