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By Amy Goodman — In her inaugural Truthdig column, Amy Goodman investigates the outrageous imprisonment of Josh Wolf, the blogger whose devotion to freedom of the press and resistance to government coercion have kept him in jail longer than any other modern journalist.
Posted on Feb 15, 2007
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By Joe Conason — Sen. Clinton can best recover from her vacillation on Iraq by demanding that Bush use diplomacy with Iran.
Posted on Feb 14, 2007
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By Marie Cocco — “If running against Washington is going to be the winning appeal in the 2008 election ... then Obama should be careful what he wishes for.”
Posted on Feb 14, 2007
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By Ellen Goodman — Drew Gilpin Faust’s appointment as the university’s new president comes at a time when the story line of feminism has taken an odd turn.
Posted on Feb 14, 2007
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By Robert Scheer — The lies of Douglas Feith, exposed by the Pentagon’s inspector general, are the key to understanding the greatest intelligence fiasco in American history.
Posted on Feb 13, 2007
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By Marie Cocco — Instead of handicapping a presidential contest almost two years away, we should focus on improving our handicapped voting machines.
Posted on Feb 12, 2007
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign will put to the test the notion that a Republican candidate must be “pro-life” to attract a mainstream following.
Posted on Feb 12, 2007
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By Paul Cummins — The most instructive way to interpret Bush’s State of the Union speech is to focus on what he didn’t say.
Posted on Feb 12, 2007
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By Andy Borowitz — Satirist Andy Borowitz riffs on the news networks’ ratings-oriented weather obsession.
Posted on Feb 12, 2007
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By Chris Hedges — Despite spending an estimated $80 million, the government was unable to prove that Dr. Sami Al-Arian was a terrorist, yet he remains in prison and his sentence will probably be extended. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges warns that the abusive imprisonment of this nonviolent Palestinian dissenter does not bode well for the rest of us.
Posted on Feb 11, 2007
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — The president’s proposed cuts in children’s health insurance are so shameful that even Bush’s treasury secretary appeared to distance himself from them.
Posted on Feb 8, 2007
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By Marie Cocco — John Edwards’ proposal for universal healthcare suffers from the same flaws as Hillary Clinton’s ill-fated plan of 1993.
Posted on Feb 7, 2007
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By Joe Conason — Regardless of the outcome of the “Scooter” Libby trial, it has become plain that Bush and Cheney misled the public about their involvement with the vengeful leaking of a CIA operative’s identity.
Posted on Feb 7, 2007
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By Ellen Goodman — Unfortunately, framing the global-warming issue in catastrophic terms tends to paralyze us, not mobilize us.
Posted on Feb 7, 2007
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