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Real Life Activism

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BY JOE DORMAN "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." – President John F. Kennedy's...

What the Republican Assault On James Comey Reveals About Today’s GOP

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BY JOE CONASON The confrontation between FBI Director James Comey and his would-be tormentors on the House Government Oversight Committee revealed something far more fundamental about politics in America today than the reasons why Hillary Clinton will not be prosecuted over her “damned emails.” The calm, intelligent, upright Comey, focused on facts and fair play, […]

What About Bernie?

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH It’s strange how it happens almost overnight. One day, you’ve got television crews crowding for position, top correspondents big-footing out the juniors who were first assigned to what was viewed as a lost cause, and of course, crowds cheering. And now what? Did Bernie Sanders dream of pumping his own gas, driving […]

It’s Getting Hot In Indianapolis

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER If the chieftains of industry and their political henchmen want to know what’s roiling the riffraff, they could read Thomas Piketty’s landmark, 1,000-page book on inequality: Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Or, they could listen to one of Bernie Sander’s hour-long, tub-thumping speeches. Or, they could just spend three minutes and 32 […]

Invisible Danger

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BY B.A. GEARY Remember when people with a heart pacemaker were warned of the presence of a microwave oven – lest the radiation from the...