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Question: What activity burns through money "like jet fuel," involvesthree armored cars, forty-five full-time, Kalashnikov-toting securityguards, and two blast-wall-enclosed house...

Sep 18, 2006 / The Nation

New Bill Would Defend Marriage From Sharks New Bill Would Defend Marriage From Sharks

Some Democrats who say they support sharks' rights have been careful not to oppose the bill outright.

Sep 18, 2006 / The Nation

Lamont Gets Key Union Endorsement Lamont Gets Key Union Endorsement

Last Friday, I predicted that AFSCME'S Council 4--Connecticut's largest AFL-CIO union--would endorse Ned Lamont for the US Senate. While the union backed Lieberman in the primary...

Sep 18, 2006 / The Nation

Remembering Afghanistan Remembering Afghanistan

Let's talk about Afghanistan, since no one else will. The nation is once again in crisis. The Taliban is resurgent. Opium production is soaring. Suicide bombings are on the rise. ...

Sep 18, 2006 / The Nation

Iraq: The 2% Truth Iraq: The 2% Truth

Conservatives who whine and bray that the media is presenting a distorted picture of the war may be inadvertently correct. Indeed, things are probably worse than even the darkest ...

Sep 18, 2006 / The Nation

Ruffling a Hawk’s Feathers Ruffling a Hawk’s Feathers

Former state senator and US Senate candidate Burt Cohen (who currentlyhosts a progressive radio talk show) brings us news of a stunning upset inNew Hampshire's first congressional...

Sep 15, 2006 / The Nation

Will Ned Lamont Get Connecticut AFSCME’s Endorsement? Will Ned Lamont Get Connecticut AFSCME’s Endorsement?

Watch for tonight's vote at the Connecticut AFSCME Council 4 meeting. A high-level source in the Lamont campaign told me last night that it looks likely that Council's members wil...

Sep 15, 2006 / The Nation

Real Link Between 9/11 and Iraq Revealed Real Link Between 9/11 and Iraq Revealed

You've heard the President and Vice President say it over and over: There was a connection between the events of September 11, 2001 and Iraq. Let's take this seriously and conside...

Sep 15, 2006 / The Nation

The Skewed Electorate The Skewed Electorate

A new report from a California think tank confirms what many have long suspected: if Latinos, the poor, and the uneducated voted in proportionate numbers the state's politica...

Sep 14, 2006 / The Nation

Hack the Vote Hack the Vote

So much for ballot security. Three Princeton University professors designed and tested software to hack a Diebold electronic voting machine. Watch the video. On Huffington Post,...

Sep 14, 2006 / The Nation

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