To Comfort The Afflicted
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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

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    Citigroup Becomes Its Own Self-Serving Lawmaker

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    BY JIM HIGHTOWER Congress, which has long been so tied up in a partisan knot by right-wing extremists that it has been unable to move, suddenly sprang loose at the end of the year and put on a phenomenal show of acrobatic lawmaking. In one big, bipartisan spending bill, our legislative gymnasts pulled off a […]

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    Behold, The Magic Kingdom Of Dynamic Scoring

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    BY FROMA HARROP While most citizens were distracted by the holidays, the enlarged Republican majority in Congress was laying golden pavers for its magical kingdom – a fabulous place where taxes are cut, military spending is not and budgets balance effortlessly. The coat of arms reads, “Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves.” And to think the […]

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    Pottersville Goes Online

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    BY FROMA HARROP What is it that makes the holiday movie classic It’s a Wonderful Life feel so ancient? It’s the relationships, but which ones? Not George Bailey’s warm and loving family. We have close families today. It’s not the far-off relationships, as with long-lost school friends. We have more of them than ever, thanks […]

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    Thinking Of Amazon Workers This Holiday Season

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    BY JIM HIGHTOWER During the hectic holiday shopping season, Jeff Bezos’ Amazon.com may seem like a great option, especially for us procrastinators. Anything you want can be shipped directly to your doorstep. All it takes is a few clicks on the Amazon website and – of course – some of your hard-earned money. The media […]

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    Charity Versus Panhandling

    Columnists Arnold Hamilton - 0

    BY FROMA HARROP I’m paying up at this discount store, and the nice woman at the cash register asks me something like, “Do you want to support a program to help homeless teenagers get drug counseling?” “Suppose I don’t” is the thought never uttered. Instead, I say, “No, thank you” or, less forthrightly, “Not today.” […]

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