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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
but I've never understood how a 20th-century economist could fail to understand the vital role of government in making capitalism work. The redistributive effects of taxation and spending by governments are nothing less than necessary to keep capitalism from falling on its own sword. We've know this since Keynes and it is not optional. If you want capitalism to thrive, you want massive governmental interference in the market. Period.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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