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For The Greater Good

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BY SHARON MARTIN What’s the best piece of news you’ve heard lately? Look in the papers. Watch television. Really, what good things are happening around...

Playing With Default

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BY JOE CONASON The current puppet play in Congress – where Republicans sponsored a bill to raise the nation’s debt ceiling only because they wanted to vote it down – would be funny, if only they weren’t risking economic disaster. Unfortunately they’re not joking, as they push the country closer and closer to a potentially […]

Will Palin Run? Who Knows? Who Cares?

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BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN Will Palin run? Who knows? Who cares? The press is agog because the ci-devant Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate is in the midst of her bus tour up and down the East Coast. A girl has to keep an eye on her TV ratings. It’s a safe bet that Palin […]

For-Profit Charter Schools?

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH Former tennis star Andre Agassi deserves enormous credit for recognizing that nothing is more important than ensuring every child gets the kind of quality education that is their best chance for success in a rapidly changing world. I know, there are high school dropouts who make it to the top. But all […]

‘News’ That Frees Up Time

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BY FROMA HARROP Keeping up with the always-spinning news cycle can eat into a media hound’s free time. Thus, I’m grateful when cable television plugs its news holes with stories of no consequence. One can safely check out, secure that nothing important has escaped notice. Recall Donald Trump’s pretend quest for the presidency. The news […]