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Californias budget: 85 days late & billions of dollars short

After an unprecedented nearly three-month delay, California finally has a budget. The $103 billion-plus spending plan — born of a year-long struggle between legislative majority Democrats trying to minimize cuts to social services, minority Republicans rejecting...

Obama lays out vision for 21st century schools

Barack Obama laid out the changes he would bring to the nation’s educational system as president in a forum last month in Dayton, Ohio. He asked why countries like China, India, South Korea and Japan have...

Shades of Green: September 27

Undermining democracy: concise history of U.S.-Haiti relations

BOOK REVIEW Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment By Peter Hallward Verso, 2008, 442 pp The tragic tale of contemporary Haiti is one of the stories most misunderstood and neglected by the...

Sometimes, nonsense makes the most sense

MOVIE REVIEW Burn After Reading Written and directed by Ethan and Joel Coen 2008, R rating, 96 min. For those who admire Coen Brothers comedies, “Burn After Reading” is as good as expected, and maybe a...