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The Joy of Receiving: A Year of Bailouts, Handouts and Hypocrisynew

For the first time since 1995, Democrats in Washington bow to no one — except the emperor of Japan. While they have not stimulated the job market, they thoroughly Christmas-goosed us conservatives.
Isthmus  |  David Blaska  |  12-28-2009  |  Commentary

The New Socialism and the End of a Free Market Mythnew

This is perhaps the final crisis, in a line of crises, of the Bush/Cheney administration, which at best, has been a sour lesson to us all in "failed crisis management." The root of all of this stupidity is their fundamentalist belief that less government is better government.
Random Lengths News  |  James Preston Allen  |  10-31-2008  |  Commentary

Video: Nader Blasts Obama at San Francisco Statenew

In full campaign mode, Nader was harsh on his political rivals and held little back including some choice name calling. He attacked Barack Obama and other Democrats as a "sniveling cowards," who are so afraid that they suffer from a fearful condition best described as "anal flutter."
SF Weekly  |  John Geluardi and Janine Kahn  |  10-02-2008  |  Politics

Another American Institution Fails, and We Lose Faith in Ourselvesnew

Now that Wall Street has failed -- a victim of its own greed -- you can add it to the list of institutions in which we have lost our collective trust.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Editorial  |  10-01-2008  |  Commentary

Reaganomics Meets the GOP-Bolshevik Statenew

The cratering economy has not only consigned free market voodoo economic theory to the dustbin of history, as Leon Trotsky would say, but has also transformed the GOP into the modern incarnation of the Bolsheviks.
L.A. Weekly  |  Marc Cooper  |  09-26-2008  |  Commentary

Walking the Tricky Tightrope: How Can We Solve the Economic Crisis?

Forests are restored by fire, and so are markets. In a real market, I'd be inclined to say we should let it burn. What grows up to replace the old forest is always healthier. But thanks to greed and mismanagement, ours has clearly become a fake, faith-based market. So we're left to attempt to bring our economy in for a soft landing, hopefully enabling the kind of fresh start we need without endangering people's money.
The Inlander  |  Ted S. McGregor Jr.  |  09-24-2008  |  Commentary

Economic Meltdown Helps Set the Presidential Campaign on the Right Coursenew

Our bet (and certainly our hope) is that the ever-worsening economic crisis will force American voters, afflicted directly in the pocketbook, to look away from the Disney-like scenarios which have dominated political coverage since the two national political conventions and dare to look the abyss in the face.
The Memphis Flyer  |  Editorial  |  09-19-2008  |  Commentary

Wall Street Meets the Presidential Campaignsnew

Wall Street's meltdown is more dangerous than realized. McCain is clueless, but does Obama recognize the root of the problem?
Boston Phoenix  |  Editorial  |  09-18-2008  |  Commentary

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