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Ethics, Health Care, Guns And Congress Critters

Arnold Hamilton - February 16, 2011 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER This new Republican-run House of Representatives is looking a lot like the old ethics-be-damned House run just a few years ago by the convicted money-launderer, Tom DeLay – only more so. Back when DeLay was the GOP’s corrupt majority leader, he got caught hustling campaign funds from an energy corporation whose legislation […]

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Judicial Politics

Arnold Hamilton - February 16, 2011 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH There is a crisis in America’s federal courts that has absolutely nothing to do with politics, although that is its cause. The figures are familiar: One out of every nine seats on the federal bench is vacant. Half of the vacancies are in districts with multiple vacancies that have literally declared “judicial […]

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Thankfully, The Egyptians Did It Without Us

Arnold Hamilton - February 15, 2011 0

BY FROMA HARROP As a rationale for invading Iraq, then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said: “The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity – and an obligation – to help them turn this desire into reality.” Yes they did, but no we didn’t. The desire for freedom fueled […]