Month: April 2010

Casual Observation

Eric Massa and Eliot Spitzer want to know why John Ensign and David Vitter are still in the U.S. Senate. William Jefferson wants to know why Ensign, at least, is not in prison.

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A Look Ahead to 2012

Mark Halperin takes an early look at the shape of the Republican primary field for the presidential election in 2012. One thing I’ll note right off the bat is that this will be the second straight election without a...

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Nourishing the Planet in Basil Magazine

Crossposted from Border Jumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. Check out this great new regular feature for Basil Magazine from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet project: Hello readers of Basil...

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Poor Poor Michael Steele

There is still racism in the Democratic Party. You’ll notice it most in urban areas where the Republican Party doesn’t have any chance and the real elections take place in the Democratic primaries. If you analyze the...

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Why Israel will never attack Iran

Uri Avnery, founder of Israel’s oldest peace activist group, Gush Shalom, often writes as a long experienced insider into Israeli politics. In this article, “Hold Me Back!”, Avnery tells us why Israel will...

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