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William Rivers Pitt | Please Don't Take the "2016" Bait
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t r u t h o u t | 11.14
William Rivers Pitt | Please Don't Take the "2016" Bait
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20031-please-dont-take-the-2016-bait
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: Midterm elections are, by orders of magnitude, more important than presidential elections on every meaningful level. And when they get ignored, we get the kind of Congressional disaster zone we currently endure.
How One State Protects Taxpayers From Privatization Pitfalls
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19920-seeing-opportunities-to-plunder-the-public-in-privatization-and-taking-them
Ellen Dannin, Truthout: A Massachusetts law requires that the costs that are normally hidden when public services are privatized be revealed when analyzing every new contract bid.
Greg Palast | Rand Paul's Zombie-nomics Versus Janet Yellen
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20034-rand-pauls-zombie-nomics-versus-janet-yellen
Greg Palast, Truthout: Will Sen. Rand Paul, misunderstanding the voices of the undead, block the appointment of Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve?
Paul Krugman | Alan Greenspan, Doing His Best to Make Things Worse
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19742-alan-greenspan-doing-his-best-to-make-things-worse
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Alan Greenspan isn't just being a bad economist; he's being a bad person, refusing to accept responsibility for his errors in and out of office. And he's still out there, doing his best to make the world a worse place.
Health Care in the US as Seen From Down Under: "Mens Sana in Insanus Patriae"
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19902-health-care-in-the-us-as-seen-from-down-under
Niall McLaren, Truthout: Australia's national health service, Medicare, treats health care as a human right for all, including illegal immigrants - and it costs less and delivers better outcomes than US health care.
GMOs for Profit: The Missing Context of Industrial Agriculture
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19997-gmos-for-profit-the-missing-context-of-industrial-agriculture
Curt Ries, Truthout: It is not what GMOs are that should demand so much attention but, rather, what they do: They lead to corporate control over the food system.
A Trail of Tears: How Veterans Return From America's Wars
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20051-a-trail-of-tears-how-veterans-return-from-americas-wars
Ann Jones, TomDispatch: In this excerpt, Ann Jones reports on the hidden reverberations of our distant wars - from what goes on unseen behind hospital doors to the long, private struggles that occur anonymously in suburban neighborhoods and rehabilitation centers across the United States.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The IRS Can Go After People Who Stash Fortunes Overseas, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20057-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-the-irs-can-go-after-people-who-stash-fortunes-overseas-and-more
In today's On the News segment: The Southern District Court of New York says the IRS can go after people who stash fortunes overseas; Japanese officials want to lower the cost of decontaminating the area around Fukushima by changing the way the nuclear radiation will be measured; the Rolling Jubilee has eliminated nearly $15 million of American debt; and more.
Public Citizen Report Reveals Dents, Holes in Keystone XL Southern Half Weeks Before Planned Startup
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20035-public-citizen-report-reveals-dents-holes-in-keystone-xl-southern-half-weeks-before-planned-startup
Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog: A chilling report reveals that the 485-mile Keystone XL southern line is plagued by dents, faulty welding, exterior damage that was patched up poorly and misshapen bends, among other troubling anomalies.
The Invisible Refugees - Internally Displaced People
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20038-the-invisible-refugees-internally-displaced-people
Andrew Lam, New America Media: There is a growing population of refugees that often goes without international support, a subgroup of people whose basic needs are rarely addressed by the global community: the internally displaced.
Chris Hedges: Jeremy Hammond Exposed State's Plan to Criminalize Democratic Dissent
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20050-chris-hedges-jeremy-hammond-exposed-states-plan-to-criminalize-democratic-dissent
Paul Jay, The Real News Network: Whatever crimes whistleblowers like Jeremy Hammond and Chelsea Manning may have committed, they are nothing compared with the war crimes in the fraud and the lies that are being perpetrated by the corporate state, says Chris Hedges.
Economic Update: "There Is No Recovery... and the Policy Is Not Working"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20054-economic-update-behind-the-headlines
Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update, Truthout: Rick Wolff quotes Larry Summers above and asks why, when society funds high-tech companies like Twitter, doesn't society have any ownership? Why does the US have the lowest minimum wage among developed countries? Why, if the US is so committed to free trade, does it insist on upholding the Cuban trade embargo? Why are our universities "private" when the bulk of their funding is public?; and more.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Koch "Carbon Bomb" Brothers Could Cash in Billions on Alberta Tar Sands Holdings
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18312-koch-carbon-bomb-brothers-could-cash-in-billions-on-alberta-tar-sands-holdings
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: The Koch brothers stand to make a pretty penny off of Alberta tar sands oil because of land holdings there. They also are creating toxic time bombs in the US converting the climate change fossil fuel into petroleum coke.
Judge Could Torpedo NSA Surveillance Programs Monday
Read the Article at US News & World Report
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/13/judge-could-torpedo-nsa-surveillance-programs-monday
Elizabeth Warren to Regulators and Congress: End "Too Big to Fail"
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/177140/elizabeth-warren-regulators-congress-end-too-big-fail
Society Spends Billions on Incarceration but Relative Pennies on Preventing It
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18311-billions-on-incarceration-pennies-on-preventing
Bernie Sanders Takes Aim at Austerity
Read the Article at Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/13-3
House Republicans to Try to Impeach Attorney General Holder
Read the Article at Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/house-republicans-try-impeach-u-attorney-general-holder-014011302.html
Democrats Need to Stop Freaking Out About Obamacare and Take Charge
Read the Article at The Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/14/the-democrats-need-to-stop-freaking-out-about-obamacare-and-take-charge.html
Meet the Punk Rocker Who Can Liberate Your FBI File
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/foia-ryan-shapiro-fbi-files-lawsuit
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Koch "Carbon Bomb" Brothers Could Cash in Billions on Alberta Tar Sands Holdings
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>The Koch brothers stand to make a pretty penny off of Alberta tar sands oil because of land holdings there. They also are creating toxic time bombs in the US converting the climate change fossil fuel into petroleum coke.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0Vw79i6gXnuFzl4AijMkdJWf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Judge Could Torpedo NSA Surveillance Programs Monday</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kc%2FeB%2BH7sayJ3C%2FDFCUhJZWf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at US News & World Report</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Elizabeth Warren to Regulators and Congress: End "Too Big to Fail"</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DQAEV9z8irmp7I10GiWccZWf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Nation</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Society Spends Billions on Incarceration but Relative Pennies on Preventing It</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LJeqgxuXKY7fcPqhzK%2BFqpWf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Bernie Sanders Takes Aim at Austerity</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SO74ubmEmoGRr7wFUaoWNpWf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Common Dreams</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>House Republicans to Try to Impeach Attorney General Holder</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=K6ZO2gwtWZoJTe8xFmS2r5Wf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Reuters</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Democrats Need to Stop Freaking Out About Obamacare and Take Charge</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lhFEf0wFpaWJ%2F03zmt6fm5Wf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Daily Beast</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Meet the Punk Rocker Who Can Liberate Your FBI File</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=U545VVkXvidCOUJoqHA4rJWf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Mother Jones</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> Midterm elections are, by orders of magnitude, more important than presidential elections on every meaningful level. And when they get ignored, we get the kind of Congressional disaster zone we currently endure.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DkfEla1oDqOYLjWOco%2FqpJWf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1zNSVdtTGFX8dYfRv0omRpWf9xJzgi5v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How One State Protects Taxpayers From Privatization Pitfalls</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Ellen Dannin, Truthout:</strong> A Massachusetts law requires that the costs that are normally hidden when public services are privatized be revealed when analyzing every new contract bid.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NIoUqmGDsatHHVNAAP3vj5Wf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6jprAmRpVgHrWrr5SLuk3pWf9xJzgi5v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Greg Palast | Rand Paul's Zombie-nomics Versus Janet Yellen</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Greg Palast, Truthout:</strong> Will Sen. Rand Paul, misunderstanding the voices of the undead, block the appointment of Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve?</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=TiJevcFg7HmI29iCP5k91ddhYzsMUdb1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mxkXqdBtT%2Fz5GGOKS7hDYJWf9xJzgi5v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Paul Krugman | Alan Greenspan, Doing His Best to Make Things Worse</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> Alan Greenspan isn't just being a bad economist; he's being a bad person, refusing to accept responsibility for his errors in and out of office. And he's still out there, doing his best to make the world a worse place.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=giT%2BWb%2FI7oRXUKIODxrb1ddhYzsMUdb1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dEna49EVAffsIEhObEYt7NdhYzsMUdb1"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Health Care in the US as Seen From Down Under: "Mens Sana in Insanus Patriae"</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Niall McLaren, Truthout:</strong> Australia's national health service, Medicare, treats health care as a human right for all, including illegal immigrants - and it costs less and delivers better outcomes than US health care.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ci8eXj0mL6xc33zSGP%2FcbJWf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AMrKzy9W4mxNaBqtn9QLxNdhYzsMUdb1"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>GMOs for Profit: The Missing Context of Industrial Agriculture</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Curt Ries, Truthout:</strong> It is not what GMOs are that should demand so much attention but, rather, what they do: They lead to corporate control over the food system.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=x7eqWTpckF2XAtOsLWmbdpWf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=K9TJspJr1LjgQkQEMmr%2FypWf9xJzgi5v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A Trail of Tears: How Veterans Return From America's Wars</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Ann Jones, TomDispatch:</strong> In this excerpt, Ann Jones reports on the hidden reverberations of our distant wars - from what goes on unseen behind hospital doors to the long, private struggles that occur anonymously in suburban neighborhoods and rehabilitation centers across the United States.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LJeqgxuXKY5lCCopARrah5Wf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Excerpt</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BOyJRCBWGrT5Hqw8sTRoMZWf9xJzgi5v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: The IRS Can Go After People Who Stash Fortunes Overseas, and More</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>In today's On the News segment:</strong> The Southern District Court of New York says the IRS can go after people who stash fortunes overseas; Japanese officials want to lower the cost of decontaminating the area around Fukushima by changing the way the nuclear radiation will be measured; the Rolling Jubilee has eliminated nearly $15 million of American debt; and more.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=u%2B%2F%2BHBS6e4n1nkv6q06jc5Wf9xJzgi5v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Public Citizen Report Reveals Dents, Holes in Keystone XL Southern Half Weeks Before Planned Startup</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog:</strong> A chilling report reveals that the 485-mile Keystone XL southern line is plagued by dents, faulty welding, exterior damage that was patched up poorly and misshapen bends, among other troubling anomalies.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GQbk3qZwSPUaTdahUUnmvZWf9xJzgi5v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Invisible Refugees - Internally Displaced People</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Andrew Lam, New America Media:</strong> There is a growing population of refugees that often goes without international support, a subgroup of people whose basic needs are rarely addressed by the global community: the internally displaced.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8nrfu9ENuxU0JD9mmStwo5Wf9xJzgi5v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Chris Hedges: Jeremy Hammond Exposed State's Plan to Criminalize Democratic Dissent</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Paul Jay, The Real News Network:</strong> Whatever crimes whistleblowers like Jeremy Hammond and Chelsea Manning may have committed, they are nothing compared with the war crimes in the fraud and the lies that are being perpetrated by the corporate state, says Chris Hedges.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UtXtm9O%2B5r50bnVUa3evZpWf9xJzgi5v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update, Truthout:</strong> Rick Wolff quotes Larry Summers above and asks why, when society funds high-tech companies like Twitter, doesn't society have any ownership? Why does the US have the lowest minimum wage among developed countries? Why, if the US is so committed to free trade, does it insist on upholding the Cuban trade embargo? Why are our universities "private" when the bulk of their funding is public?; and more.</p>
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