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Monthly Archives: October 2013
California Conquers Partisan Chaos
BY FROMA HARROP California has found a formula for ending the partisan warfare that once paralyzed its government: Get rid of one of the parties, in this case, the Republican. The state’s famously dysfunctional government now hums with calm efficiency. Democrats there hold a supermajority in the state Legislature, making it well-nigh impossible for Republicans […]
How About Reviewing The Sunday New York Times?
BY RALPH NADER
The New York Times reports, reviews and evaluates a wide range of human, corporate and governmental behavior under its motto “All the...
Video Observer: Drinking The ‘Tea’
Observer Editor Arnold Hamilton, left, and longtime Observer contributor Richard L. Fricker discuss the GOP's civil war between the Tea Party and the corporatists...
Politicizing School Safety
BY DAVID PERRYMAN
Imagine if you will, a state in tornado alley where EF4 and EF5 twisters are prevalent. Imagine that state having so few...
The Democrats Can’t Defend The Country From The Retrograde GOP
BY RALPH NADER
The Congress – that polls show the American people would like to replace in its entirety – has “kicked the can down...