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McCain delays releasing medical records again, raising suspicion
by John Byrne
A little noticed remark in the press is generating heat for McCain's presidential campaign.On Wednesday, McCain's campaign told CNN that the Arizona senator's medical file would be produced May 15. Trouble is, they previously said they'd be released April 15, and they've refused to turn the records over to the New York Times on at least three occasions. | Voodoo Health Economics
by Paul Krugman
Elizabeth Edwards has cancer. John McCain has had cancer in the past. Last weekend, Mrs. Edwards bluntly pointed out that neither of them would be able to get insurance under Mr. McCain’s health care plan.It’s about time someone said that and, more generally, made the case that Mr. McCain’s approach to health care is based on voodoo economics — not the supply-side voodoo that claims that cutting taxes increases revenues (though Mr. McCain says that, too), but the equally foolish claim, refuted by all available evidence, that the magic of the marketplace can produce cheap health care for everyone. | John McCain Is A F*cking Whore
by Allison Kilkenny
Merriam-Webster gives the following definitions for the word "whore [1]":1: a woman who engages in sexual acts for money : prostitute; also : a promiscuous or immoral woman2: a male who engages in sexual acts for money3: a venal or unscrupulous person | Sour Sixteen - or, The Dirty Diaper Theory
by Michael Fox
What year is this?The dollar took a dive in the wake of the Iraq War; financial institutions failed across the country leaving the government to bail them out. There was an out of control health crisis being ignored by the government. Housing prices halved, as employment tanked. The war in Iraq caused thousands of casualties that went under-serviced by the Pentagon and the Veteran’s Administration. The University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index hit a low of 69.5. New forms of tradable financial instruments were propping up a market reeling from an earlier market correction. President Bush, who had rallied a majority of the populace behind him at the time of the invasion of Iraq, saw his popularity plunge in the final year of his administration. | Saving the American Left: The Case for a New Progressive Creed
by Bernard Chazelle
The American left is in the throes of an existential crisis. Some say it's a failure of nerve, others a loss of belief. It is the latter. Neoliberalism has sucked the oxygen out of the left by deflating the political sphere to the economic one. The left must articulate a new creed around three principles: empowerment (the economic is ancillary to the political); social justice (the disadvantaged have an unconditional claim upon the collectivity); and decency (the state may not humiliate anyone). To make its case, the left must redefine that most exalted form of self-interest, patriotism, as pride in a society that grants all of its members the means to belong. | Toys of War: The Militarization of America
by Col. Daniel Smith
"What goes on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?"--The Riddle of the SphinxA necessary aspect of armies--or even of a military style police force--is that they carry weapons. Even in Great Britain, except for the local "Bobbie" on the beat, it seems as if more and more special police armed units are being created to fight criminal enterprises. Meeting the need for compact, powerful pistols and other small arms is a vast industry, one that, in the United States, started in the three decades prior to the U.S. Civil War. | Myth: Americans tuned out Iraq. Fact: The press tuned out Iraq.
by Eric Boehlert
During the recent commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, there was lots of media hand-wringing about how Americans no longer were interested in the war and how Iraq had recently fallen off the country's collective radar. The observations were usually tied to the fact that mainstream media coverage of the war has sharply declined. | Obama and Lincoln
by Bob Burnett
In his remarkable March 18th speech," A More Perfect Union," Democratic Presidential candidate, Barack Obama, directly addressed the racial aspect of his campaign that, up until the preceding week, had largely been in the background. While the overt reason for the speech was the inflammatory remarks of Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, it also responded to right wing hate messages - recently picked up by the Clinton campaign, suggesting America isn't ready for a black President. | Clinton down, but not out of running
by Linda Feldmann
Bit by bit, the walls are closing in on Hillary Rodham Clinton. By just about every measure, including total votes, total delegates, and money raised, she is trailing Barack Obama in their pitched battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. And in the most important category where she's still ahead – superdelegates – her lead is shrinking. | Landmines In Pakistan Ruin Lives, Leave Hundreds Dead
by CommonDreams.org
PESHAWAR, 4 April 2008 (IRIN) - Palvasha Ahmed and her two younger sisters know all too well the risks posed by landmines.“Our cousin, Maryum Ahmed, 19, was injured by a landmine nearly a year ago in her village in South Waziristan. She lost her right foot and now goes around on a crutch. No one will marry her,” the 17-year old said in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP).0404 01 | 40 Years Later, (The Late) Martin Luther King Still Silenced
by Jeff Cohen
Soon after Martin Luther King’s birthday became a federal holiday in 1986, I began prodding mainstream media to cover the dramatic story of King’s last year as he campaigned militantly against U.S. foreign and economic policy. Most of his last speeches were recorded. But year after year, corporate networks have refused to air the tapes. | Obama’s Support Softens in Poll, Suggesting a Peak Has Passed
by Adam Nagourney
Senator Barack Obama’s support among Democrats nationally has softened over the last month, particularly among men and upper-income voters, as voters have taken a slightly less positive view of him than they did after his burst of victories in February, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. |
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