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The latest news on health insurance, Iraq-prewar intelligence, war, Congress- Palestine, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, Sudan, Africa advocacy, Libby trial and select Op-Eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq-war. Signs of security plan seen in Iraq – “U.S. and Iraqi troops handed out candy in a…

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When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a…

It’s not fair that we lost the brilliant political wit of Molly Ivins at a time when we need her the most. But, when one of us goes on ahead into the bluebonnet fields of the Lord, the rest of us have to pull on her boots and raise a ruckus … or in this…

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has—not according to what one does not have. I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you, but it is a question of a fair balance between your present abundance and their need, so that…

In a new book being released this week – NOT for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade – and How We Can Fight It – my friend and colleague David Batstone turns a spotlight on one of the greatest moral scandals of our time. Many of us believe that slavery ended with the…

The latest news on Iraq-Congress, war, resistance -, Iran, family policy, the budget, North Korea, Columbia, Libby trial, Sudan divestment, predatory lending, and select op-eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq-war. Copter Crash Kills 7; Security Plan in Place – “On the day the U.S. military…

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Okay, I may be a PC thug. I care less about good intentions – and more about the effects on the targets of those intentions. Not only am I offended when well-meaning white people patronizingly and redundantly call highly-educated black people holding public office “articulate,” I’m also offended when women’s bodies are decapitated and covered…

The administration’s FY 2008 budget was delivered to Congress yesterday. Depending on who’s counting and what their definitions are, the total for “security” spending – including the Defense Department base budget, Homeland Security budget, Iraq/Afghanistan war budget, and an additional war supplemental appropriation for FY 2007 – appears to be in the neighborhood of $750…
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