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By Stanley Kutler
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By Steven Hill
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By Robert Scheer — Truthdig’s editor argues that there remain unanswered questions surrounding the Iran-Contra connections of Robert Gates, whom Bush has tapped as defense secretary.
Posted on Nov 8, 2006
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From Columbia.edu
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By Steve Wasserman — A former Los Angeles Times editor fleshes out the motivations behind the unceremonious Nov. 7 forced resignation of the Times’ respected editor, Dean Baquet, above.
Posted on Nov 8, 2006
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By Robert Scheer — Bush insisted that Saddam Hussein’s trial be held in Iraq so that an international tribunal would never expose America’s history of support for the tyrant—(as in 1982, when President Ronald Reagan sent Donald Rumsfeld, above, to enhance diplomatic relations between Iraq and the U.S.)
Posted on Nov 7, 2006
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“Luckily this country is still a democracy. People still have a voice. People still can take action. It can start after Pat’s birthday.”—Kevin Tillman
Posted on Nov 7, 2006
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If nothing else, a Democratic victory at the polls would mark a return to governance by people guided by facts, not emotions.
Posted on Nov 6, 2006
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A few things from this season that I will miss: Katherine Harris wearing less and less blue eye shadow as she went through her Senate race; waking up each morning to a new GOP indictment; and the head of the House’s exploited children panel being revealed as a child exploiter.
Posted on Nov 6, 2006
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By Chris Hedges — The former New York Times Mideast bureau chief argues that America’s failure in Iraq and Israel’s humiliation in Lebanon have emboldened and empowered those in the Arab world who seek to topple U.S.-backed regimes in the Middle East and cripple the Jewish state.
Posted on Nov 6, 2006
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By Jabari Asim — Va. Sen. George Allen, who has a history of racist behavior, incomprehensibly wants us to believe that his opponent is no better—because he has written novels whose characters use racist language.
Posted on Nov 5, 2006
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Truthdig salutes all the journalists, activists and researchers who have been working to expose the security flaws of electronic voting machines—an underappreciated endeavor that is essential to the safeguarding of our democracy.
Posted on Nov 3, 2006
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The political satirist reports on the terrifying rampage of a touchscreen computer apparently programmed to go berserk upon the recording of a Democratic vote.
Posted on Nov 3, 2006
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From boston.com
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Mohammad Khatami, the reform-minded former president of Iran who favored a “dialogue among civilizations,” labeled America’s efforts to impose democracy on the Middle East a “great joke.” He added, “Democracy is not something to get exported.”
Listen to his BBC interview
Posted on Nov 2, 2006
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Republicans showed the same delicacy in barging into Terri Schiavo’s hospital room as Rush Limbaugh did when he accused Michael J. Fox of faking his Parkinson’s symptoms.
Posted on Nov 2, 2006
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By Ellen Goodman — Nancy Pelosi can stand the political heat, and so can a raft of women candidates slugging their way to Election Day.
Posted on Nov 2, 2006
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By Joe Conason — Anticipating a bruising defeat at the polls, Republicans have begun claiming that many Democratic victories would actually validate conservative policies.
Posted on Nov 2, 2006
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By Molly Ivins — Bush & Co.‘s attacks on Sen. John Kerry’s quasi-gaffe reveal the utter political bankruptcy of the GOP.
Posted on Nov 1, 2006
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Guantanamo Prisoner’s Case Demonstrates Unfairness of Military Commissions
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