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Dick Cheney keeps saying "enhanced interrogation" was used to stop imminent attacks, but evidence is mounting that the real reason was to invent evidence linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida.
By Joe Conason
May 14, 2009
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Single-payer "socialist" healthcare is popular with voters, but that doesn't keep the GOP from its pathetic attempts to demonize it.
By Joe Conason
May 8, 2009
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Sonia Sotomayor, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals judge who comes from working-class Puerto Rican roots, is everything the president could desire.
By Joe Conason
May 1, 2009
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If Dick Cheney believes he can prove that torture saved us from terrorist attacks, why does he oppose a full investigation?
By Joe Conason
April 27, 2009
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Thomas Tamm exposed the Bush administration's illegal domestic surveillance. Why is the government still holding a criminal indictment over his head?
By Joe Conason
April 17, 2009
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End the travel ban now for everyone -- and prepare to get rid of the ineffective and unjust embargo.
By Joe Conason
April 13, 2009
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The Europeans spend more money on social programs than we do -- and get great results, in everything from universal childcare to tuition-free higher education.
By Joe Conason
April 3, 2009
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Deficits don't matter -- and Republicans who are complaining about Barack Obama's spending are hypocrites.
By Joe Conason
March 27, 2009
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It's time to reform offshore banking, and see what untaxed wealth big business is hiding in overseas tax shelters.
By Joe Conason
March 23, 2009
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Affirmative action, Republican-style, doomed party Chairman Michael Steele to failure before he ever took the job.
By Joe Conason
March 13, 2009
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Why does every developed nation except the U.S. have universal healthcare? Why do they pay half as much in medical costs? Why are their infant mortality and longevity statistics superior?
By Joe Conason
March 9, 2009
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For a lot of reasons I never endorse candidates, but I'm backing Tom Geoghegan for Rahm Emanuel's old House seat in Chicago.
By Joe Conason
February 27, 2009
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During his fiscal responsibility summit, President Obama must not cave in to the privatizers and slashers.
By Joe Conason
February 23, 2009
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A truth commission is a good idea. But unlikely. Instead Obama should grant immunity to those who publicly testify about torture and spying.
By Joe Conason
February 13, 2009
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Come on, people, all he did was smoke some weed, like Bill Gates, Barack Obama and countless other overachievers.
By Joe Conason
February 6, 2009
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His rock-star status among world leaders, at a time when America's reputation is in tatters, shows the former president is a major asset to Barack Obama.
By Joe Conason
February 2, 2009
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Why New York Gov. David Paterson chose a senator with conservative views that clash with his own.
By Joe Conason
January 23, 2009
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During Eric Holder's confirmation hearing, Arlen Specter scolded the attorney general-designate, but no one mentioned Israeli pressure.
By Joe Conason
January 16, 2009
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The recount shows that he won the Minnesota Senate race. The lying liars who say otherwise have no evidence of cheating.
By Joe Conason
January 9, 2009
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Probably nothing. But by mishandling the scandal, his team has allowed questions to be raised where there were none.
By Joe Conason
December 19, 2008
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The right is trying to link Obama to Blagojevich and corruption -- and the mainstream media is playing along. The Clinton rules are back.
By Joe Conason
December 12, 2008
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The first thing Obama should do is use federal funds to keep public employees from joining the swelling ranks of the unemployed.
By Joe Conason
December 8, 2008
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Critics worry he'll get in Hillary's way. But the new secretary of state's husband is a great international ambassador for America.
By Joe Conason
December 2, 2008
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Obama's choice of rival Hillary Clinton for secretary of state shows his political wisdom. And the vetting suggests the Clintons -- surprise! -- have little to hide.
By Joe Conason
November 22, 2008
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Republicans have flooded the airwaves with baseless propaganda to discredit the Coleman-Franken recount in advance.
By Joe Conason
November 17, 2008
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Dick Cheney was right
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