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Power From The Banks And To The People

Arnold Hamilton - January 12, 2011 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Populist banker. Now those are two words you rarely see linked together. But Thomas Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, truly is a rarity. Firmly rooted in small town Iowa and Kansas, he has never aspired to be part of the Wall Street-Washington power elite, and he has […]

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Crazy Gunman, But A Political Attack

Arnold Hamilton - January 11, 2011 0

BY FROMA HARROP House Speaker John Boehner seemed truly appalled by the murderous rampage against Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and constituents at a supermarket in her Tucson, AZ, district. But the Republican’s contention that this was “an attack on all who serve” wasn’t quite right. The apparent gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, may be a 22-year-old […]

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The Party Of Small Government?

Arnold Hamilton - January 11, 2011 1

BY AL MCAFFREY It’s self-evident that actions speak louder than words. What’s also true is that political actions speak louder than campaign promises. Ambrose Bierce once...

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Dropping The Hammer

Arnold Hamilton - January 10, 2011 0

BY KENNY BELFORD Convicted felon and former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has now been ordered to serve three years in prison for his...

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The American Way Of Torture

Arnold Hamilton - January 7, 2011 0

BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN Just over the edge of 2011 and this fresh new decade, torture is now solidly installed in America’s repressive arsenal. Not in the shadows where it has always lurked, but up front and central, vigorously applauded by prominent politicians. Rituals of coercion and humiliation seep through the culture, to the extent that […]