Saturday, October 10, 2009

Revolving Door Shuts on Public Option

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
October 10, 2009

On Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Senate Finance Committee finally is scheduled to vote on its version of health care insurance reform. And therein lies yet another story in the endless saga of money and politics.

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Friday, October 09, 2009

Health Insurers Threaten Rate Hikes

By Robert Parry
October 9, 2009

Though looking forward to millions of new customers who would be compelled by the U.S. government to buy health insurance, the insurance industry is threatening to raise premiums across the board if more of its demands are not met.

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Thursday, October 08, 2009

Can US Make Sound Decision?

By Robert Parry
October 8, 2009

As key choices loom for President Barack Obama – from Afghanistan to the economy to health reform – a troubling question must be addressed: Is it possible for the United States with its existing political/media structure to make sound decisions?

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Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Obama's Mideast Peace Dilemma

By Robert Parry
October 6, 2009

President Barack Obama’s quest for Middle East peace must navigate very tricky geopolitical straits, with some traditional American enemies emerging as possibly his best allies and usual U.S. allies arrayed as adversaries.

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Pramatic Empathy for One's Enemies

By Ivan Eland
October 6, 2009

Empathy is a term that connotes the touchy-feely notion of getting in touch with someone else’s feelings or perspective. That’s what psychotherapists and social workers do.

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Monday, October 05, 2009

Afghanistan: Eight Years and Counting

By Dennis Loo
October 6, 2009

Eight years ago, on Oct. 7, 2001, the U.S. launched a war upon Afghanistan.

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Sunday, October 04, 2009

Democrats Ponder Health-Care Suicide

By Robert Parry
October 4, 2009

If Democrats enact something like the health-care bill emerging from the Senate Finance Committee, they may call it a legislative victory and it may keep the campaign donations flowing from the insurance industry, but the Democrats would surely infuriate millions of American voters.

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WPost Pushes Confrontation with Iran

By Melvin A. Goodman
October 3, 2009

The neocon editorial writers at the Washington Post used the run-up to the Geneva meetings between the United States and Iran to marginalize the significance of the negotiations, to endorse a policy of confrontation against Iran, and even to support steps to bring down the regime in Tehran.

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Why Was the Berlin Wall Built?

By William Blum
October 3, 2009

Within a few weeks many of the Western media can be expected to turn on their propaganda machines to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, November 9, 1989.

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Two Writers Depart a Strange Land

By Michael Winship
October 3, 2009

You certainly can argue that the depths to which our so-called democratic dialogue has sunk are nothing new. Politicians and advocates have been slinging mud since the earth was cool enough to hurl.

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