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Occupy Catan Demands Lord Pay Fair Share of Wheat, Sheep, Ore
Rob Greenwalt, a 23 year old Graphic Designer living in Bushwick, says he is tired of the tyranny. Though he maintains that the Occupy Catan movement is a horizontal one without... ...read more
Anti-Gay Marriage State Rep Admits All Weddings are “Kind of Gay”
State Representative John Larter (R-TX) voted “YES” on defining marriage as a sacred bond between one man and one woman in 2006. But on Friday, Representative Larter admitted to... ...read more
Public Schools: From the People Who Brought You Blackwater
What happens when you privatize a major piece of public infrastructure and shovel piles of money to unelected and unaccountable figures in the private sector? Pro-Publica has t... ...read more
Ben Laden is Alive — And Playing Klezmer
Bin Laden is dead, but Ben Laden lives on. I caught up with one, Benjamin “Ben” Laden, Pennsylvanian, bandleader, and all around good guy, to talk about the ten year... ...read more
Republicans Fall into Obama’s Budget Trap
In his speech on Wednesday, the President closed the trap that he laid for Republicans in 2012. It was, in terms of sheer gamesmanship, a master stroke. And, best of all, neith... ...read moreAnswering the Sunday Question… Where do the Obama Cabinet Members Rank?
Jonathan Bernstein asks a weekly question of liberals and conservatives. I’m going to try and answer him as best as I can most weeks. Here is his question for today, Obama... ...read more
Scott Walker: How One Corporate Crony Governor Will Destroy His State
While Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s plan to destroy the public employee unions in his state has garnered much national attention in the last week, his assault on union... ...read morePlutocracy Today, Plutocracy Tomorrow, Plutocracy Forever: The Fight for Wisconsin
“Public employees should pay their fair share!” That’s what I am hearing in the general public about the situation in Wisconsin and I don’t think you wil... ...read moreDLC Closing: Their Mission of Delivering the Democratic Party to Corporations Complete
News has broken today that the so-called centrist-minded, and corporate friendly, Democratic Leadership Council is closing up shop. Ezra Klein thinks the DLC can pack up because... ...read moreCan Changing Congress’ Seats Change Washington?
We are hours away from the start of the President’s State of the Union address. I haven’t flipped cable news on this morning, but my hunch is that the airwaves are f... ...read moreFollow Us
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