High Corporate Profits – Why?

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The existence of high corporate profits during this terrible recession must prove that corporate America is hopelessly greedy and corrupt, right? With an unemployment rate at over 9% and profits soaring, the obvious answer, in the minds of the numb, is that we must do...

The Stench of Impropriety: Your Tax Dollars, Your Body Image, and The Government (Part 2 of 2)

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The following is the second installment of a two part piece. The first is entitled “The Stench of Impropriety: Tom Harkin, Al Franken, Herbalife International, and The F.R.E.E.D Act”, and can be viewed below. In part one of this piece, I introduced you to the...

The DSM Register Independence Day Weekend “Progressive Trifecta” (3rd of 3) “Keep Social Security Safe”

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The Des Moines Register’s Opinion Section on Sunday, July 3, 2011 featured a “Progressives Trifecta” of half-truths and sophistry: Richard Doak – What if the founders were around today? Donald Kaul – My favorite 4th of July speech Dean Baker – Keep Social...

The Stench Of Impropriety: Tom Harkin, Al Franken, Herbalife International, And The F.R.E.E.D Act (Part 1 of 2)

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Harkin and Herbalife Every reasonable American with a pulse knows that much of what goes on in the undercurrents of Washington D.C is disturbing. It is not often, however, that one proposed piece of legislation encapsulates nearly everything that is wrong in our...

Doc, I Feel Sick!

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The most recent Rasmussen polls show that only 25% of American voters believe the United States is “headed in the right direction.” Republicans are almost unanimous in their belief that the country is headed in the wrong direction, with nearly nine in ten...

The DSM Register Independence Day Weekend “Progressive Trifecta” (2nd of 3)

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The Des Moines Register’s Opinion Section on Sunday, July 3, 2011 featured a “Progressives Trifecta” of half-truths and sophistry: Richard Doak – What if the founders were around today? Donald Kaul – My favorite 4th of July speech Dean Baker – Keep Social...