Monthly Archives: October 2013

Billionaires’ Row and Welfare Lines

October 25, 2013 By CHARLES M. BLOW The stock market is hitting record highs. Bank profits have reached their highest levels in years. The market for luxury goods is rebounding. Bloomberg News reported in August, “Sales of homes priced at … Continue reading

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Let’s Get This Class War Started

Posted on Oct 20, 2013 By Chris Hedges “The rich are different from us,” F. Scott Fitzgerald is said to have remarked to Ernest Hemingway, to which Hemingway allegedly replied, “Yes, they have more money.” The exchange, although it never actually took … Continue reading

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The Radical Christian Right and the War on Government

Posted on Oct 6, 2013 By Chris Hedges Editor’s note: Chris Hedges will be speaking in the Los Angeles area on Oct. 13 on the myth of progress and the collapse of complex societies. Robert Scheer will lead a discussion with a … Continue reading

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The Boehner Bunglers

By PAUL KRUGMAN The federal government is shut down, we’re about to hit the debt ceiling (with disastrous economic consequences), and no resolution is in sight. How did this happen? The main answer, which only the most pathologically “balanced” reporting … Continue reading

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