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Monday, April 11, 2016

Those in favor or torture should read Guantánamo Diary and imagine themselves in place of its author

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By Marc Jampole According to a study by the Pew Research Center a few years back, only about 24% of all Americans think that the authorit...
Monday, April 4, 2016

Mass media tries to portray Iraq war contractors as unsung heroes, not as beneficiaries of crony capitalism

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By Marc Jampole We really don’t know what Matt Sherman exactly did as a federal government contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan, despite a ...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Sarandon has been great progressive for years, so it surprises she hesitates to support best hope progressives have

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By Marc Jampole Susan Sarandon bases her well-publicized reluctance to support Hillary Clinton if she is the Democratic nominee on the fac...
Monday, March 28, 2016

No pecking order problem in Xarelto commercial: the aging white male is on top

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By Marc Jampole The Republicans keep sexualizing the fight for pecking order dominance in tasteless yet traditional ways. First came the v...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

Editorial: Time to Reopen Cuba

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President Obama went a long way toward dismantling the failed embargo of commerce with Cuba with his trip to the communist-governed island....

Selections from the April 15, 2016 issue

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COVER/Hal Crowther The elephant’s graveyard  EDITORIAL Reopen Cuba; Cruz no improvement; Bern on LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DON ROLLINS Ka...
Monday, March 21, 2016

One word to describe voters: not liberal, not conservative, not angry, but “apathetic”

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By Marc Jampole The real question about this year’s electorate is how large a part of it truly seeks a confrontational authoritarian as...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Two roads for Bernie: 1) Fight to convention; 2) Use funds to support statewide progressives

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By Marc Jampole It’s pretty clear that Hillary Clinton is going to be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States. Bernie Sa...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

NRA and elected officials it buys or intimidates work for gun manufacturers, not gun owners

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The other day I saw in person what we all know. Our elected representatives, especially Republicans, often only represent large corporate i...
Saturday, March 12, 2016

Editorial: Trade Ire Boosts Sanders

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Bernie Sanders scored an historic upset on March 8 as Michigan voters stood up against neoliberal “free trade” policies that have exported j...

Selections from the April 1, 2016 issue

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COVER/Heather Digby Parton No denying Trump’s campaign of racism  EDITORIAL Trade ire boosts Sanders . LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DON ROL...
Friday, March 4, 2016

Word to GOP candidates: you don’t need a penis to be President

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By Marc Jampole At a certain point in last night’s debate between the remaining four Republican candidates I thought Donald Trump was goi...
Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Take time out from presidential politics to urge elected officials to vote for Genocide & Atrocities Prevention Act

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By Marc Jampole Strange as it might seem, we can predict genocides and other atrocities committed against groups of our fellow humans w...
Monday, February 29, 2016

Rightwing columnist Douthat blaming Obama for the rise of Trump is like blaming Pres for Iraq War.

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By Marc Jampole A premise is something we take for granted. Premises are usually at the basis of arguments or theories, and sometimes of sub...
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Saturday, February 27, 2016

Editorial: No Time to Panic / Play Nice, but Keep Brass Knuckles at Hand

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No Time to Panic A week after Bernie Sanders pummeled Hillary Clinton by 22 points in New Hampshire, causing pundits to focus on her cam...

Selections from the March 15, 2016 issue

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COVER/Andrew O’Heir Political paralysis is the new normal  EDITORIAL No time to panic; Play nice but bring knuckles LETTERS TO THE EDITO...