Monthly Archives: September 2010

The Tea Kettle Movement

  By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: September 28, 2010 There are actually two Tea Party movements in America today: one you’ve read about that is not that important and one you’ve not read about that could become really important if … Continue reading

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Retribution for a World Lost in Screens

Posted on Sep 27, 2010 By Chris Hedges Nemesis was the Greek goddess of retribution. She exacted divine punishment on arrogant mortals who believed they could defy the gods, turn themselves into objects of worship and build ruthless systems of power to … Continue reading

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The American Dream of Home Ownership Has Become a Nightmare

The disappearance of home equity value is a lead weight on the recovery By Mortimer B. Zuckerman Posted: September 23, 2010 The mortgage market doesn’t help. It is virtually on life support from the government, which now guarantees about 95 … Continue reading

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Too Many Hamburgers?

  By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Set 22, 2010 To visit China today as an American is to compare and to be compared. And from the very opening session of this year’s World Economic Forum here in Tianjin, our Chinese hosts … Continue reading

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Do Not Pity the Democrats

by Chris Hedges  Sept 13, 2010   There are no longer any major institutions in American society, including the press, the educational system, the financial sector, labor unions, the arts, religious institutions and our dysfunctional political parties, which can be … Continue reading

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Speaking in Yellow: The Crisis In Our Politics

Jeffrey Feldman  September 3, 2010  Lately, American politics is neither blue nor red, but yellow.  Like the “yellow journalism” that plagued the turn of the last century, this new era of Gilded Age politics has been overrun by obscene exaggerations … Continue reading

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The Real Lesson of Labor Day

Robert Reich September 5, 2010 Welcome to the worst Labor Day in the memory of most Americans. Organized labor is down to about 7 percent of the private work force. Members of non-organized labor — most of the rest of … Continue reading

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