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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

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When Is A Tax Not A Tax?

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN The Treaty of Paris in 1763 ended what could actually be referred to as the first world war. Known in North America...

Bernie Sanders And Racism Lite

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BY FROMA HARROP In a statement on the Nevada rampage by some of his supporters, Bernie Sanders said a remarkable thing. He said, “Our campaign has held giant rallies all across this country, including in high-crime areas, and there have been zero reports of violence.” Who lives in “high-crime areas”? We all know the answer: […]

Really? Leader Of Lincoln’s Grand Old Party?

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BY BOB BEARDEN As far as the Grand Old Party of Lincoln concerned the race for the nomination is over. The Donald is the presumptive...

Introducing Glencore, Rapacious Global Lord

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Giant corporate entities have become so far-flung and impersonal that “human relations” departments have been created within the soulless structures to cloak the fact that there’s really nothing human about them. HR is mostly known for sending the corporate rank and file peppy motivational memos that boil down to: “The beatings will continue […]

Scoop And Toss

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN Raising cattle provided a nearly endless supply of “organic fertilizer” for our garden and flower beds. Gathering the fertilizer from our corrals,...