William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "How about mediation to seek a peaceful solution of Ukraine issues? Mediation? Who would do the mediating? And how many parties would have to mediate? Where would any mediation take place? And under whose auspices? And so on...All good questions, to be sure. And all beside the point."
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AND RSN ORIGINAL MATERIAL: There appears to be a perception among some of our
readers that we do not produce original content. We do of course, and quite a
bit of it. Authors and journalists such as Steve Weissman, Carl Gibson, William
Boardman, John Cory and Jane Ayers are but a few of our regular contributors. It
is a primary consideration in terms of our budget. Yes funding expands our
ability to produce original content. Today we are featuring work by William
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Carl Gibson |
4 Ways Our Tax Dollars Pay For Rich People's Toys
Carl Gibson, Reader Supported News
Gibson writes: "While going through all the deductions I could claim, I was forced to leave blank all the slots available for purchasing a second home, buying a boat, drilling for oil, selling stocks, borrowing money to buy stocks, inheriting wealth, or having money in foreign bank accounts. People scraping by to make a living don't have the money to purchase a second home or buy a few thousand shares of stock, and pay about a third of their income in taxes."
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Carl Gibson, Reader Supported News
Gibson writes: "While going through all the deductions I could claim, I was forced to leave blank all the slots available for purchasing a second home, buying a boat, drilling for oil, selling stocks, borrowing money to buy stocks, inheriting wealth, or having money in foreign bank accounts. People scraping by to make a living don't have the money to purchase a second home or buy a few thousand shares of stock, and pay about a third of their income in taxes."
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Dick Meister |
"Cesar Chavez," a Film That Tells It Like It Really Was
Dick Meister, Reader Supported News
Meister writes: "Anyone hoping to understand the long, fierce struggle to win a decent life for the highly exploited men and women who harvest our fruits and vegetables should not miss the recently released film, 'Cesar Chavez.'"
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Dick Meister, Reader Supported News
Meister writes: "Anyone hoping to understand the long, fierce struggle to win a decent life for the highly exploited men and women who harvest our fruits and vegetables should not miss the recently released film, 'Cesar Chavez.'"
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John Roberts
Didn't Save Obamacare - He Gutted It
Jim Newell, Salon
Newell writes: "The thinking at the time went, it was Chief Justice John Roberts who, in a herculean act of statesmanship, cast the deciding vote to 'uphold' Obamacare. Celebrations ensued among supporters of the law."
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Jim Newell, Salon
Newell writes: "The thinking at the time went, it was Chief Justice John Roberts who, in a herculean act of statesmanship, cast the deciding vote to 'uphold' Obamacare. Celebrations ensued among supporters of the law."
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Charles Pierce
| Another Pipeline, Another Leak
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "We should miss no opportunity to remind ourselves that pipelines leak, and that the people who own them do not care a great deal whether they do or not, because that's just a sunk cost of doing the pipeline business."
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Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "We should miss no opportunity to remind ourselves that pipelines leak, and that the people who own them do not care a great deal whether they do or not, because that's just a sunk cost of doing the pipeline business."
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Nick Turse |
Our Big, Fat, Not-So-Secret War in Africa
Nick Turse, TomDispatch
Turse writes: "What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things -- especially when it comes to the U.S. military in Africa."
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Nick Turse, TomDispatch
Turse writes: "What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things -- especially when it comes to the U.S. military in Africa."
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Paul Krugman |
Three Expensive Milliseconds
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Four years ago Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, abruptly canceled America's biggest and arguably most important infrastructure project, a desperately needed new rail tunnel under the Hudson River."
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Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Four years ago Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, abruptly canceled America's biggest and arguably most important infrastructure project, a desperately needed new rail tunnel under the Hudson River."
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Entire Marine
Food Chain at Risk From Rising CO2 Levels in Water
Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Milman reports: "Escalating carbon dioxide emissions will cause fish to lose their fear of predators, potentially damaging the entire marine food chain, joint Australian and US research has found."
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Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Milman reports: "Escalating carbon dioxide emissions will cause fish to lose their fear of predators, potentially damaging the entire marine food chain, joint Australian and US research has found."
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