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By Eugene Robinson — President Obama is set to begin his second term at a moment when the question is not what great things our nation can achieve but whether our government, in Obama’s words, can “stop lurching from crisis to crisis to crisis.”
Posted on Jan 14, 2013
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Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE —
Posted on Jan 1, 2013
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Millions of Europeans are protesting spending cuts and tax increases during a continent-wide general strike that comes days after a 53-year-old woman in Spain committed suicide as she was about to be evicted.
Posted on Nov 14, 2012
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HaPe_Gera (CC BY 2.0)
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Germany’s Constitutional Court permitted Chancellor Angela Merkel to use German funds to buoy the economies of eurozone countries that have struggled in the continent’s nagging debt crisis.
Posted on Sep 12, 2012
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A rich banker who appears to have learned none of the lessons of 20th-century economic history. A newscaster who snickers at an impassioned argument. And a reporter dismissed as a young girl who will one day learn better. This exchange between a former Goldman Sachs executive, a BBC correspondent and British journalist Laurie Penny ... (more)
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On this week’s “Left, Right & Center”: setbacks in the effort to solve the European debt crisis, John Boehner’s remarks on Obama’s jobs plan, and where presidential hopefuls Rick Perry and Mitt Romney stand after the latest GOP candidates’ debate. (more)
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Flickr / carolyntiry
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Mike Lofgren retired this summer after 28 years as a congressional staffer, 16 of which he spent on the Republican side working with the House and Senate budget committees, and he wants to tell you something about the nature of the current Republican Party. (more)
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Flickr / Center for American Progress
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Two seemingly—but not actually—contradictory things must be understood to grasp the meaning of the anger and excitement over Standard & Poor’s downgrade of U.S. government debt, says Paul Krugman. (more)
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Aislin, Cagle Cartoons, The Montreal Gazette —
Posted on Aug 3, 2011
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Flickr / asterix611
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Still foggy on the basics of this week’s debt and deficit deal? The Guardian has published a no-nonsense guide explaining the meaning and function of the congressional “super committee,” the “trigger,” the “balanced budget amendment” and more, including the deal’s potential future.
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Manny Francisco, Cagle Cartoons, Manila, The Phillippines —
Posted on Aug 1, 2011
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Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Washington Examiner —
Posted on Jul 31, 2011
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Aislin, Cagle Cartoons, The Montreal Gazette —
Posted on Jul 31, 2011
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Luojie, Cagle Cartoons, China Daily, China —
Posted on Jul 25, 2011
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Flickr / doug88888
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Over the past century, America’s rich made their millions and billions through the use of public assets shared by everyone. By virtue of those profits, they have not only a moral, but a rational obligation to pay more for the upkeep of public services. (more)
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Flickr / un_cola
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The well-intentioned handwringing over what to do about the slow asphyxiation of the traditional American humanities education continues over at Salon.com, where novelist Kim Brooks laments the failure of liberal arts colleges to prepare students for professionally and financially rewarding careers. (more)
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Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons —
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Wikimedia Commons
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A new kind of specter is haunting Europe: debt. Hungary’s new prime minister is reported to have said that there is only a slim chance that his country will evade a Greek-style debt crisis, a comment that sent domestic markets into a tizzy and saw the Hungarian currency drop more than 2 percent.
Posted on Jun 4, 2010
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