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Since Jimmy Carter, religious fundamentalists play a major role in elections. He was the first president who made a point of exhibiting himself as a b...more

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Small differences in a system of great power can have enormous consequences. [Source: Al Jazeera 'Upfront' interview]

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That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody know...more

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That is what I have always understood to be the essence of anarchism: the conviction that the burden of proof has to be placed on authority, and that ...more

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As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Ch...more

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Both political parties have moved to the right during the neoliberal period. Today’s New Democrats are pretty much what used to be called “moderate Re...more

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This Sarah Palin phenomenon is very curious. I think somebody watching us from Mars—they would think the country has gone insane.

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Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance had shi...more

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Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society.

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One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson's investment theory of politics, as he calls it - very outstanding political economist ...more

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They declare that it is unpatriotic and disruptive to question the workings of authority--but patriotic to institute harsh and regressive policies tha...more

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By now, they rank people by income level or wages roughly the same: The bottom seventy per cent or so are virtually disenfranchised; they have almost ...more

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The European reaction to Obama is a European delusion.

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Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.

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Israel's demonstration of its military prowess in 1967 confirmed its status as a 'strategic asset,' as did its moves to prevent Syrian intervention in...more