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Week ending Friday August 12, 2011   

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  1. Michael Moore : 30 Years Ago: The Day the Middle Class Died

  2. Drew Westen: What Happened to Obama?

  3. Ray McGovern: They Died in Vain; Deal With It

  4. Laurie Penny: Panic on the Streets of London

  5. Noam Chomsky: America in Decline

  6. Thom Hartmann: Democracy Died First in Wisconsin – Long Live the Oligarchs

  7. James K. Galbraith: The Bad Deal

  8. Ralph Nader: Congressional Tea Party Downgrade of America

  9. Jim Hightower: America's Real Job Creators Are Broke

  10. Phil Rockstroh: Life in an Age of Looting: "Some Will Rob You with a Sixgun and Some with a Fountain Pen"


Readers Choice | Most Read News...

  1. The Empathy Ceiling: The Rich Are Different — And Not In a Good Way, Studies Suggest
    Psychologist and social scientist Dacher Keltner says the rich really are different, and not in a good way: Their life experience makes them less empathetic, less altruistic, and generally more selfish.



  2. Krugman: Right's 'Madness', S&P Ineptitude Conjured Downgrade
    OK, so Standard and Poors has gone ahead with the threatened downgrade. It’s a strange situation. There is a case to be made that the madness of the right has made America a fundamentally unsound nation. And yes, it is the madness of the right.



  3. Progressives Unveil 'Contract'
    to Counter Austerity Push

    In the wake of the deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling, widely viewed as yet another setback for the progressive community, advocacy groups on the left are redoubling efforts to change the political narrative.



  4. GOP Candidate Romney: "Corporations Are People"
    Speaking to an occasionally rowdy crowd two days before the Ames Straw poll, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made what seems likely to become a much-discussed flub, declaring to a group of Iowans that "corporations are people."



  5. UK Looters Say of Bankers: 'They Set the Example'
    The riots that turned London and some other English cities upside down this week have raised questions about the sustainability of spending cuts and a widening gap between rich and poor..



  6. Obama Sides w/ Panetta: Medicare Cuts Over Defense
    Last week, Congressional Democrats were blindsided by newly-confirmed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who basically nixed any further cuts to military spending, and demanded that lawmakers trim from programs like Medicare and raise taxes to reduce future deficits.



  7. Next Low-Wage Haven: The United States of America
    Jokes about the U.S. becoming “Europe’s Mexico” are commonplace, but now high-priced consultants are pushing the notion in all seriousness.



  8. Progress But No Takeover: WI Recalls Claim 2 GOP Seats
    Five months to the day after the Republican majority in the Wisconsin State Senate voted to approve Governor Scott Walker's plan to strip most collective bargaining rights from public emloyees, two of the most governor's most prominent allies in the chamber have been removed from office.



  9. Town Hall Anger Returns on the Left
    Still licking their wounds from what liberals believe was a capitulation by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats on the debt deal, liberal activists online are consoling themselves with — and pushing — confrontations at congressional town hall meetings.
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  10. Liberals See Peril as 'Compromise Hawk' Appointed to Debt Committee
    Sen. John Kerry’s appointment to the debt-reduction supercommittee is his big moment to shine as a dealmaker and silence critics who have questioned his modest record of legislative accomplishments..

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