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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Republicans Swoon Over Holder’s ‘Partisan’ Leak Probers [and Forget Ken Starr]
BY JOE CONASON This week, Republicans on Capitol Hill opened yet another front in their continuous sniping against the Obama Administration, the Justice Department and Attorney General Eric Holder. Having demanded a federal investigation of intelligence leaks, they now claim to be outraged because Holder has asked two United States attorneys to conduct that probe […]
The Long, Hot Summer Of Work
BY FROMA HARROP With summer’s arrival comes a journalistic convention that seems more and more dated. It is the “summer reading list” of books, often beside a graphic showing a bathing suit and sunglasses. Sure, I’d like to check out Douglas Brinkley’s biography of Walter Cronkite and Hilary Mantel’s sequel to Wolf Hall. Heck, I’d […]
The Tea Party Ten
BY ARNOLD HAMILTON
After battling uber-conservatives throughout the 2012 legislative session, Oklahoma’s Powers-That-Be aren’t taking any chances in Tuesday’s Republican primary.
With more than a dozen...
Super PACs, Secret Money Destroying American Democracy
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Leave it to Bill Moyers, one of America’s most useful citizens, to sum up our country’s present political plight in a succinct metaphor: “Our elections have replaced horse racing as the sport of kings. These kings are multibillionaire corporate moguls who by divine right – not of God, but [of the Supreme […]
Thirty-Seven Words
BY SUSAN ESTRICH It was 40 years ago that Congress passed the Education Amendments of 1972. Tucked into the bill was an amendment sponsored by then-Sen. Birch Bayh, which provided: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected […]
