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Nutrition and the Obama Moment

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 11.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Autism, Cholesterol, Obama, Joe the Plumber, Autism Vaccines, Health, Low-Fat, Nutrition, Obama Intellectualism, President Obama, Obama Administration, Anti-Intellectual, 2008 Presidential Election, Bush Administration, Obama Presidency, Anti-Intellectualism, Intellectualism, Liberal Elite, American Idol, Living News
Dr. Jonny Bowden

There's good reason to think that intellectualism is on the ropes, but maybe this will change now that we have in the White House a guy who actually understands nuance and complexity.

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On Killing the Right People

Andrew Bacevich | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Al-Qaeda, Bush Administration, Warwire, Afghanistan, War Wire, Pakistan, George W. Bush, Taliban, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Andrew Bacevich

Whether attributable to incompetence or negligence or simply the fog and friction of war, the evidence that we are routinely killing the wrong people in Afghanistan is becoming difficult to refute.

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Today, Talk About America's Future with a Veteran

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Dialogue, Military Families, Politics of Fear, Marine Corps, Bush Administration, Michelle Obama, Civil-Military Relations, National Service, The White House Project, Veterans Day, Congressional Oversight, Peacekeeping, Cold War, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

Today we are sorely lacking informed public debate on national security and what it means to serve just when today's threats put us beyond the protection of the armed services.

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CA Atty. Gen. Calls on Bush Admin. to Abandon Endangered Species Changes

ProPublica | Posted 11.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Bush Administration, Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Act, Green News
ProPublica

The Bush administration wants to alter many environmental rules before it leaves office. The changes could put "entire species and ecosystems at risk for complete destruction," says Jerry Brown.

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Palin Blames Bush Administration For Election Loss

McClatchy | Sean Cockerham | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Palin Blames Bush, Palin Blames Bush Administration, Sarah Palin, George Bush, Obama Election, 2008 Election, Politics News

Gov. Sarah Palin blames the Bush administration for the failure of the McCain-Palin ticket, thinks people need to move on from the so-called "trooperg...

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Bush Admin Wants To Open Tens Of Thousands Of Acres Near National Parks For Drilling

New York Times | FELICITY BARRINGER | Posted 11.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Drilling, Bureau of Land Management, Bush Administration, Oil Drilling, National Parks, Green News

The Bureau of Land Management has expanded its oil and gas lease program in eastern Utah to include tens of thousands of acres on or near the boundari...

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Dem Leaders Want Bush To Aid Auto Industry

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 11.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Detroit, Car Makers, Auto Industry Aid, Bush Administration, Business News

WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress asked the Bush administration on Saturday to provide more aid to the struggling auto industry, which...

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"J'Accuse!": This Administration's Crony Bailout Bonanza for Wall Street

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Bill Buckley, United Steelworkers International Presiden Leo W. Gerard, Hank Paulson, Wall Street, Financial TImes, Financial Crisis, Emile Zola, Job Losses, NY Times, Joe Nocer, President-Elect Obama, Goldman Sachs, Bush Administration, Warren Buffett, Bailout, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

The government, under Mr. Paulson's fine hand, was paying twice as much as needed to be paid when compared to the sums Warren Buffett negotiated for a similar investment in Goldman Sachs.

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Can Obama Undo Bush's Tangled Legal Legacy?

McClatchy | Marisa Taylor and Michael Doyle | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Bush Legal Legacy, Bush Administration, Obama Administration, President Obama, Politics News

When Barack Obama becomes president in January, he'll confront the controversial legal legacy of the Bush administration. From expansive executive pr...

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Hey Karl, Thanks

James Moore | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Bush Administration, Karl Rove, Economy, Bush's Brain, Karl Rove Barack Obama, George W. Bush, James Moore, Katrina, Bush Ken Lay, Hurricane Katrina, President Bush, 2008 Election, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Politics News
James Moore

Dear Karl: Since I'm the guy largely responsible for giving you a reputation as being very smart, then it seems appropriate that I also deliver the news that, as it turns out, you aren't too bright.

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A Troubled World Awaits President Obama

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islam and the West, John McCain, Israel and Palestine Talks, Afghanistan, Muslim Americans, Israel Lobby, George W. Bush, CIA Torture, Democratic Party, Pentagon Propaganda, Russia Georgia War, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Bush Administration, Wall Street Crisis, North Korea Nuclear Program, Financial Crisis, State Department Iraq, Republican Party, Obama Europe Trip, Ukraine Government Collapes, China, Politics News
Eric Margolis

Obama's honeymoon will be brief. He faces the extraordinary challenge of dealing with a nation that has plunged into bankruptcy and exported financial crises around the globe.

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"Support I Have Yet to Earn": Obama's Victory Speech

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Obama Victory, Decision 2008, John McCain, Obama Victory Speech, Chicago, George W. Bush, Community Organizer, Choice 2008, Election 2008, Joe Biden, You Decide 2008, Bipartisan, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Partisan Politics, Grant Park, Indecision 2008, Bush Administration, Community Organizing, Republicans, Partisanship, HuffPost Election Analysis, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Barack Obama was in the No-Gloat Zone. For his very first speech as president-elect... Obama crafted a message with much of the scope and power of an inaugural address.

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Obama Takes the Reins

Lynne Glasner | Posted 11.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama Victory, 911, 9/11, Bush Era, Obama Election, Obama Wins Election, 2008 Presidential Election, U.S. Election, Bush Administration, Election Reaction, Barack Obama, Historic Election, Gerald Ford, Election 2008, President-Elect Obama, Campaign 2008, Home News
Lynne Glasner

Obama's victory ends the nightmare of the last eight years of the Bush Era, during which time the rule of law has taken a back seat to self-interest and aggrandizement of power.

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Never Fear: Your Exit Poll is Here!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, White House, Bill Clinton, Decision 2008, Joe the Plumber, John McCain, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Landslide, Choice 2008, Election 2008, Exit Polls, Joe Biden, Democrats, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Electoral Vote, Indecision 2008, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Bush Administration, Hillary Clinton, Opinion Polls, Republicans, Popular Vote, Election Results, 2008 Election, HuffPost Election Reaction, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

The Ten-Foot Poll was created to plug some of those glaring gaps in the election coverage offered by the networks, the cable outlets and even the internet.

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Isadore Goldfarb

Norman Horowitz | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Florida Voters, Jeb Bush, Jewish Voters, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, George W. Bush, Politics News
Norman Horowitz

It is difficult for me to conjure a scenario that could have Obama harm this country in ways comparable to Bush's eight years.

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Pay It Backward--The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History

Larry Gellman | Posted 11.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Budget Deficit $490 Billion, Obama Housing Crisis, T. Boone Pickens, John McCain, Mccain Housing Crisis, Judaism, Bush Tax Cuts, Thomas Friedman, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Housing Crisis, Bush Economy, Bush Administration, National Debt Soars, New York Times, Financial Crisis, Wealth Transfer, Pickens Plan, Business News
Larry Gellman

For the last 20 years, I've been hearing that we're in the midst of the Greatest Wealth Transfer in History. The slogan has remained the same but both the beneficiaries of the wealth have changed.

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Media Change We Can Believe In

Rory O'Connor | Posted 11.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Mccain, Obama, Media, Pbs, Van Jones, Rovian Political Partisanship, Media Deregulation, Cpb, Bush Administration Media, Shock Jocks, Npr, Bush Administration, Media Consolidation, Fcc, Netroots, Radio Hate Speech, Media Politics, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Media News
Rory O'Connor

The Bush Administration's default approach toward journalists has been to use them when necessary and bypass them when not.

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Election Day: Reflecting Back Before Moving Ahead

Linda Kulman | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Josh Brolin, Laura Bush, South Beach Diet, Curtis Sittenfeld, W., Vote, Oliver Stone, Inauguration, American Wife, Bush Administration, W Movie, Oliver Stone W, 2007 Presidential Election, Politics News
Linda Kulman

Why is this my W. moment when I've tried so hard to ignore all things Bush over the previous seven and five-sixths years of his presidency?

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My Interview With Noam Chomsky on the Economy

Ben Cohen | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crash, Noam Chomsky, Vietnam, Bush Administration, Iraq War, South America, Torture, Economy, Chomsky, Poltical Commentary, Political Intellectual, Economic Intellectual, Economic Commentary, Alan Greenspan, Business News
Ben Cohen

Noam Chomsky's encyclopedic knowledge of political, philosophical and economic issues is simply breathtaking, as is his ability to break complex subjects down to their rawest essentials.

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Greenspan's Model

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Autism, Alan Greenspan, Millenials, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, George W. Bush, Autism Health Care, Bush Administration, Stem-Cell Research, Wall Street Crisis, Congressional Bailout, Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Health Care, Ccbmrdd, Business News
Aaron Greenspan

After an excruciatingly long wait, we are finally at the end of a dark era in our nation's history.

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The New Know Nothings

Larry Beinhart | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush, Know Nothings, Mccain, America First, Lobbyists, Immigration, George Bush, Special Interests, Palin, Republicans, Dick Cheney, American Democracy, The American Party, Bush Administration, Willam Poole, Bill the Butcher, Dwight Eisenhower, Abraham Lincoln, Order of the Star Spangled Banner, Nelson Rockefeller, Politics News
Larry Beinhart

The Republican Party likes to remember Abraham Lincoln. And so they should. It's a nice memory and brings credit to them. But there is another strand that runs through their history.

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My Son Is Why We Fight So Hard

Teresa McCoy | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Barack Obama 2008, 2008 Campaign, John McCain, Barack Obama, War, Obama Iraq War, Bush Administration, Falluja, McCain Iraq War, Election 2008, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Campaign 2008, Home News
Teresa McCoy

My son served in Falluja for 16 months. He lost his best friend on that battlefield, and the experience profoundly changed him. When they sent our son home, he was only a shell of his former self.

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Happy Halloween

Larry Beinhart | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Media, Bush, Zombies, Mccain, Economy, Election, Commander-in-Chief, George Bush Approval Rating, George Bush War Crimes, Bush Administration, Halloween Costumes, George W. Bush, War in Iraq, Political Media Coverage, Politics News
Larry Beinhart

Trick or Treat, America! Your choice, an African American President, or the Great Depression. Costume! Put on your banker suit, get a box of apples,...

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Expanding War, Contracting Meaning: The Next President and the Global War on Terror

Andrew Bacevich | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qaeda, John McCain, Cia, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Pakistan, George W. Bush, 9/11, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Politics, Politics News, Bush Administration, Military, Middle East, Condoleezza Rice, 2008 Presidential Race, War Wire, Politics News
Andrew Bacevich

A week ago, I asked a four-star U.S. military officer: What exactly is the strategy that guides the Bush administration's conduct of this war? His dismaying, if not exactly surprising, answer: there is none.

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Seven Years of Plenty or The Bible Told Me So

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Taxes, Bust, Religion, National Debt, The Bible, Boom, Surplus, Famine, Pharaoh, Gross National Deficit, Seven Years of Famine, Bush Administration, Pharaoh Dreams, Gdp, Seven Years of Plenty, Financial Crisis, Business News
Reese Schonfeld

Since we didn't raise taxes in 2001, our time of surplus, those of us who do not sink under the coming depression, will wither under the burden of the coming inflation.

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