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Running Out of Planet to Exploit
by Paul Krugman
Nine years ago The Economist ran a big story on oil, which was then selling for $10 a barrel. The magazine warned that this might not last. Instead, it suggested, oil might well fall to $5 a barrel.In any case, The Economist asserted, the world faced “the prospect of cheap, plentiful oil for the foreseeable future.” | Obama flush with cash, Clinton in debt
by AP
Barack Obama began the month of April with a 5-1 cash advantage over a debt-saddled Hillary Rodham Clinton, setting the stage for his lopsided spending in the crucial primary state of Pennsylvania.Financial reports filed Sunday by the Democratic presidential candidates with the Federal Election Commission show Clinton had $10.3 million in debts at the start of the month and only about $9 million cash on hand for the primaries. Obama reported having $42 million for the primary. | Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand
by David Barstow
In the summer of 2005, the Bush administration confronted a fresh wave of criticism over Guantánamo Bay. The detention center had just been branded “the gulag of our times” by Amnesty International, there were new allegations of abuse from United Nations human rights experts and calls were mounting for its closure.0420 03 1 | Pope Benedict Solves Mystery of Pedophile Priests . . . Sort of
by Robert Weitzel
For twenty-four years the archconservative, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith—formerly the Holy Office of the Inquisition. As the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog, he earned the monikers, “God’s Rottweiler” and “panzer cardinal.” It was his job to enforce doctrinal purity, both within the clerical rank and the rank and file . . . a task he performed with an apostolic zeal bordering on mania. | Is America "Great" Beyond A Reasonable Doubt?
by Stephen Rose
I suppose it’s not “patriotic” to mention or even think about it, but I’m sad to admit I’m not quite as proud of America as I used to be, and I don't think I'm alone.For everything about America that is great, as we enter the 21st century it is a nation still divided by prejudice, bigotry, hatred, and discrimination, all triggered by a mindset which allows people to deny their own insecurities and fear in order to justify a need to find someone to feel better than. | Election Fraud in Pennsylvania?
by Michael Collins
The Pennsylvania primary could lock up the Democratic nomination process once and for all. The campaign that Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean asked to be finished by July 1 could be over this Tuesday. Regardless of your candidate or party, you're probably like the vast majority of citizens who insist on fair elections that are open to the public for examination. | Jimmy Carter Under Fire: "Give Peace a Chance"
by Mike Whitney
Jimmy Carter arrived in Syria yesterday in an effort to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. He is scheduled to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal. Carter has been lambasted in the western media for agreeing to meet with Hamas. During his stay in Israel he was snubbed by virtually every member of the ruling party including Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. They believe that Carter's trip undermines Israel's current policy towards the Palestinians and will force them to negotiate with a group they think is a terrorist organization. | Bush determined to hide visitor logs from public
by Reuters
President George W. Bush, the most secretive President in history, will fight to keep White House visitor logs secret.A decision to challenge a court ruling that says the logs are public record is "business as usual" for Bush, who believes the actions of his administration are above the law and not subject to public view. | '60s Radical Bill Ayers Now Mainstream
by Peter Slevin
In the 1960s, Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn saw themselves as urban guerrillas who just might be able to overthrow the U.S. government and force an end to the Vietnam War. They were members of the Weather Underground, a radical offshoot of the antiwar movement, who went into hiding for a decade after a bomb accidentally exploded, killing three members of the group. | Rangel's support for S. Florida Democrat a sore subject
by Lesley Clark
When it comes to normalizing relations with Cuba, there are few members of Congress more devoted to the cause than Rep. Charles Rangel.For more than a decade, the Harlem Democrat has led a charge in the House to scrap the trade embargo against the island. He has traveled to Cuba, talked for hours with Fidel Castro and, in 2000, filed a resolution calling for Elián González to be sent back to Cuba to be reunited with his father. | Pentagon agency that created spy bugs declines to allow scientist to talk
by John Byrne
Vice President Dick Cheney is so favored by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency -- DARPA -- that they invited him to blow out the candles at their 50th anniversary bash."This agency brought forth the Saturn 5 rocket, surveillance satellites, the Internet, stealth technology, guided munitions, unmanned aerial vehicles, night vision and the body armor that's in use today," Cheney claimed. "Thank heaven for DARPA." | Experts say Clinton needs to win big
by NY Daily News
Tuesday is crunch time for Hillary Clinton.Pennsylvanians are set to vote in the Keystone State's crucial primary - a contest that could save or doom her campaign.Many observers believe Clinton has to do decisively well in Pennsylvania to keep party insiders from backing her rival, Barack Obama, and pushing her to drop out of the contest. |
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