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    Crazy Gunman, But A Political Attack

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    BY FROMA HARROP House Speaker John Boehner seemed truly appalled by the murderous rampage against Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and constituents at a supermarket in her Tucson, AZ, district. But the Republican’s contention that this was “an attack on all who serve” wasn’t quite right. The apparent gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, may be a 22-year-old […]

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    The American Way Of Torture

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    BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN Just over the edge of 2011 and this fresh new decade, torture is now solidly installed in America’s repressive arsenal. Not in the shadows where it has always lurked, but up front and central, vigorously applauded by prominent politicians. Rituals of coercion and humiliation seep through the culture, to the extent that […]

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    Bill Daley

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    BY SUSAN ESTRICH For a while there, I was worried that Barack Obama might actually be content to be a one-term president so long as he could say he accomplished what he set out to do. I’m not worried anymore. Not after Thursday’s announcement that William Daley will be the new chief of staff. Liberals […]

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    It’s Time To Call GOP’s Bluff

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    BY JOE CONASON In their ideological zeal, the new Republicans on Capitol Hill seem eager to gamble everything – the financial reputation of the United States, the international status of the dollar, even the chance of a worldwide depression – on a showdown over the national debt ceiling. What has been mostly a routine if […]

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    Immigration Reform No Place For Games

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    BY FROMA HARROP Consider this immigration case from Canada: Three years ago, a Mexican sister and brother moved illegally to Toronto. Brenda Garcia, 30, filed for refugee status, claiming fear of persecution back home for being lesbian. Her brother, 18-year-old Daniel Garcia, enrolled in a Toronto high school. Both said they might be killed upon […]

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