http://www.truthdig.com/report/category/bill_boyarsky/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-16T21:54:53+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/category/bill_boyarsky/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/whats_really_at_stake_in_2012_20120216/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/whats_really_at_stake_in_2012_20120216/ 2012, bailout, conservative, grover norquist, health care reform, health insurance, medicaid, paul ryan, roadmap for america's future, stimulus, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

Observing the liberal Democratic critics of President Barack Obama set me wondering whether they ever listen to the Republican candidates. Haven’t they noticed that the Republicans want to dismantle Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the rest of the economic protections for the poor and the middle class? 

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In throwing out California’s notorious Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage, appellate Judge Stephen Reinhardt showed the heart of a romantic and humor in a ringing defense of the often-scorned institution of marriage.

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]]> 2012-02-09T23:19:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_thinking_persons_guide_to_campaign_2012_20120202/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_thinking_persons_guide_to_campaign_2012_20120202/ campaign 2012, campaign funding, candidate, citizens united, debate, keith olbermann, mitt romney, soledad o'brien, super pac, twitter, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

Pity the poor mainstream news media, confronted with many debates, demands for instantaneous coverage, competition for website traffic and the specter of ever-multiplying super PACs.

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]]> 2012-02-02T17:50:58+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/super_pacs_super-size_campaign_corruption_20120120/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/super_pacs_super-size_campaign_corruption_20120120/ 2012, campaign, campaign finance, citizens united, first amendment, funding, mitt romney, stephen colbert, super pac, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

Given time and enough money, the super PACs and other secretive political campaign funds are capable of causing corruptive influence that could reach from the presidency down to the lowest ranked members of the House.

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]]> 2012-01-20T22:05:15+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/romneycare_v_2012_20120113/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/romneycare_v_2012_20120113/ 2012, affordable care act, campaign, health care, health insurance, mitt romney, obama, obamacare, president, republican, supreme court, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

The Affordable Care Act, the health reform signed into law by Obama, is now best known by the Republican label “Obamacare.” Romney hopes to ride that misleading word to the presidency.

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]]> 2012-01-13T20:58:17+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/two_jerks_20120105/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/two_jerks_20120105/ bill boyarsky, campaign, citizens united, conservatives, election, gop, iowa, iowa caucuses, k street project, lobbyists, mitt romney, money, republicans, restore our future, rick santorum, senate, super pac, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

Of the two top finishers in the Iowa Republican caucuses, it’s hard to tell who is worse: Mitt Romney, the eight-vote winner, or Rick Santorum.

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]]> 2012-01-05T08:48:49+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/attack_of_the_super_pacs_20111223/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/attack_of_the_super_pacs_20111223/ 2012, campaign contributions, candidate, citizens united, gop, iowa caucus, mitt romney, republican, ron paul, super pacs, supreme court, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

While the Iowa Republican caucuses might not tell us much about who will win the party’s presidential nomination, they already reveal plenty about how the new world of unlimited campaign contributions is corrupting politics.

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]]> 2011-12-23T22:06:08+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/bernie_sanders_explains_why_congress_fears_citizens_united_20111216/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/bernie_sanders_explains_why_congress_fears_citizens_united_20111216/ bernie sanders, bill boyarsky, campaign, citizens united, congress, constitutional amendment, corporations, election, government, law, money, obama, politics, senate, wall street, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

Senator Bernie Sanders has a much more sophisticated take on political corruption than the conventional view of campaign reformers.

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]]> 2011-12-16T11:14:22+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/occupy_2012_20111130/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/occupy_2012_20111130/ 1 percent, 99 percent, bailout, economy, income inequality, iraq war, occupy la, occupy wall street, vietnam, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

In its two months of existence, Occupy L.A. showed a resiliency and purpose that could make some of its participants leaders in a great confrontation over economic injustice in the 2012 election.

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]]> 2011-11-30T16:44:25+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/below_the_safety_net_20111128/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/below_the_safety_net_20111128/ bill boyarsky, crime, gangs, government, health, health care, los angeles, politics, poverty, safety net, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

The courageous people who work day and night in overcrowded urban emergency wards are forced to confront society’s failures.

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