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Weekly Review

“San Diego is gorgeous this time of year!” tweeted Cindy McCain. “I’m in heaven!”

Is the Media Walking Us Into Another War? (Part II)

by Kevin Baker,

A New York Times op-ed writer nods his head along with Mitt Romney.

Welcome to Easter Island

by Kevin Baker,

On a narrowly defined, narrowly argued foreign policy presidential debate.

Why Vote?

by Kevin Baker,

When your vote counts for nothing

The Austerity Myth

by Jeff Madrick,

As economic adversity continues to spread, from Athens to Madrid, London to the Beltway, austerity has become a most dangerous idea. What now dominates the world is the popular theory…

The Maintenance Crew

by Thomas Frank,

Remember the moment when “the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal”? It was late in the spring of 2008, and that was one…

The Changeling

by David Samuels,

The content of Obama's character

Compromising Positions

by Thomas Frank,

Let us review. Barack Obama, who was lifted to the presidency four years ago on a great wave of progressive fantasy, likes to say that the national budget is like…

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Art by Kevin Sprouls,

Weekly Review

A prison fire in Honduras killed 359 people, making it the deadliest such fire on record. An inmate was reported to have started the fire after phoning the state governor’s…

Weekly Review

by Ryann Liebenthal,

Greeceâ??s parliament approved an austerity bill, cutting 15,000 government jobs and reducing the minimum wage by 22 percent in exchange for $170 billion in bailout funds from the European Union…

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Weekly Review

Is the Media Walking Us Into Another War? (Part II)

Welcome to Easter Island

Why Vote?

The Austerity Myth

The Maintenance Crew

The Changeling

Compromising Positions

Untitled

Weekly Review

Weekly Review

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