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The Wrong Kind Of Foreign Policy Experience

Arnold Hamilton - August 23, 2012 0

BY JOE CONASON Defending himself against the perception that he has no significant foreign policy experience, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has drawn fresh attention to one of the most controversial acts of the past decade: the Bush Administration’s decision to invade Iraq before U.N. weapons inspections were completed. Ryan now points to his […]

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The Ryan-Romney Flim-Flam Ticket

Arnold Hamilton - August 23, 2012 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Let’s talk budget! Yes, the wonky wonderland of the federal budget, with page after page of numbers – what fun, eh? No. Most people would prefer a root canal to a budget discussion [indeed, I’ve heard that some dentists use a recording of budget numbers to anesthetize their root-canal patients – everything […]

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Sizzling Summers

Arnold Hamilton - August 23, 2012 2

Veteran Oilman Concludes Climate Change Is No Hoax: Record Heat, Crippling Drought Are Just The Beginning BY GEORGE KRUMME Everyone occasionally makes decisions that prove to be...

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Voters Matter

Arnold Hamilton - August 22, 2012 0

BY SHARON MARTIN Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP wrote in a recent letter, “If you don’t vote, you can’t complain. If...

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The Delusions In Ryan’s Medicare Vision

Arnold Hamilton - August 21, 2012 0

BY FROMA HARROP Paul Ryan has bold economic ideas. Or maybe he doesn’t. It’s really hard to know what Mitt Romney’s VP pick thinks, since his budget plan includes ObamaCare’s $716 billion in Medicare savings over 10 years, but his election plan has him saying he would restore those spending cuts. Romney is accusing president […]