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Outsourcing America

Arnold Hamilton - January 3, 2009 0

BY FROMA HARROP Barack Obama’s pick for commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, vows to create millions of technology jobs that can’t be outsourced. Sounds good, particularly in this melting economy. On the other hand, Richardson supports expanding the H-1B visa program, which had greased the departure of good-paying tech jobs to lower-wage countries. […]

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Just Say No

Arnold Hamilton - January 2, 2009 0

BY FROSTY TROY Could Barack Obama's record-setting fundraising be the death knell of campaign-finance "reform"? After saying he would accept public funding and live within the...

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The Real Bush Years

Arnold Hamilton - January 2, 2009 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER As the classic New Year’s song asks, “Should auld acquaintance be forgot?” Not if our auld acquaintance is the Bush regime. Yes, our country will soon be getting a new beginning, and maybe, just maybe, we can put our country back on the right path. As we head that way, however, we […]

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Wal-Mart’s Agenda

Arnold Hamilton - January 2, 2009 0

FRANK P. BELCASTRO Dubuque, IA The Walton family and Wal-Mart spend millions of dollars every year to fund an extreme right-wing corporate agenda - one...

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New Year’s Reflections

Arnold Hamilton - January 1, 2009 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH When I was younger, New Year’s was a time fraught with frantic uncertainty revolving around the seemingly critical questions of whether I would have a date and/or something to do. Having nothing to do on New Year’s Eve and/or no one to do it with seemed a fate worse than death, or […]