Friday, October 16, 2009

Old Testament Brutalities

By the Rev. Howard Bess
October 16, 2009

I decided I needed to do a refresher on basic Old Testament material. I reread the entire books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy. I doubt if many folks have read these two documents, but they are in the Bible, so they must be worthy of our attention.

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Politics of the Public Option

By Robert Parry
October 16, 2009

From the start, the health-reform debate has been about money – who will get the best break and who may have to pay more. That is why the issue of the public option, a less expensive government-run insurance plan, has been so central to both the policy and political debates.

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Unncessary Death & US Health Care

By Rosemarie Jackowski
October 15, 2009

Forty-three-year-old Edith Rodriguez lost on both of those counts. Her life was needlessly brought to a tragic end. She spent her last time on earth writhing in pain. Why?

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Obama and the Left's Old Schism

By Robert Parry
October 14, 2009

My article mildly defending Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize drew a number of critical comments from readers who felt I was letting the President off too easily, essentially excusing his reluctance to fully reverse George W. Bush’s wars and crimes.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Saying 'No' to a Wider Afghan War

By Ivan Eland
October 13, 2009

Although the politicians, media and public believe few things are more important than preventing another al-Qaeda attack on America, defending the founding principles of the republic would seem to be one of them.

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Insurers Make Case for Public Option

By Robert Parry
October 12, 2009

By demanding that the Baucus health-care bill toughen the coercive penalties to force young Americans to sign up for private insurance, industry lobbyists have inadvertently made the most dramatic argument to date for including a strong public option in any health reform law.

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Reasoning Behind Obama's Peace Prize

By Robert Parry
October 12, 2009

Okay, I’ll admit that when I first saw on the Internet that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize, I checked to make sure I hadn’t accidentally gone to The Onion’s satirical news site. But the more I think about it – and the more I hear the laughter from Official Washington – the more I appreciate what the prize committee did.

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Obama's Deserving Peace Prize

By Melvin A. Goodman
October 11, 2009

President Barack Obama’s willingness to confront the lawlessness and the calumnies of the Bush administration makes him a worthy and obvious recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Prize has been given in the past to those who fight oppression and restore hope.

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Regime Change v. Regime Modification

By Bruce P. Cameron
October 11, 2009

In weighing a future course on the Afghan War, President Barack Obama might want to ponder the lessons of two other recent American interventions, “regime modification” in Nicaragua at the end of the contra war and “regime change” in Iraq achieved though a U.S. invasion and occupation.

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