New U.S. Embassy in Iraq Delayed

Foreign policy and trade specialist Susan Epstein stated in a July 2007 report to Congress that the new U.S. embassy building in Iraq is expected to be completed “by the...

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President Bush’s Speech at the UN Climate Summit: A lot of hot air

“Last year America grew our economy while also reducing greenhouse gases,” President George W. Bush said during his speech at the UN Climate Summit on September 28. The Environmental Protection...

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The Real Meaning of Liberal and Conservative

The words liberal, conservative, and neo-conservative are tossed around much when the subject of American politics is discussed. Perhaps a mini-lesson is needed on what liberalism, conservatism, and neo-conservatism really...

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U.S. Health Care System the Worst Among Top-Tier Industrialized Nations

The popular notion in the U.S. main stream media is that waiting times to see a doctor in countries with a one-payer health care system are long. A May 2007...

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Leading Democratic Candidates Won’t Pledge to Remove All Troops from Iraq

Last night’s Democratic presidential candidates’ debate revealed that the three leading candidates, Senators Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, and John Edwards, will not commit to the complete withdrawal of all U.S...

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Rep. Dennis Kucinich Releases Statement Blasting Fellow Dems about Iraq

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Democratic presidential candidate, released a statement today concerning the war in Iraq. Urging the Democratic leadership to “tell the President NO to any additional funding,” he criticized...

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War for Oil

Former head of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, declared in his recently published autobiography that the invasion and occupation of Iraq is “largely about oil.” Ironically, Operation Iraqi Freedom...

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