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Barry Commoner put science to service of the people
October 4, 2012The environmental movement lost one of its most passionate voices when Barry Commoner, ecologist and political activist, died on Sept. 30 at age 95.
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Smiling, Romney stuck a dagger in your heart
October 4, 2012That about sums up Mitt Romney's performance in Wednesday night's debate.
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Eric Hobsbawm, great Marxist historian who kept his cool
October 3, 2012I was saddened to hear of the death of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the great Marxist historians writing in the English language of my lifetime.
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A plutocrat epiphany: All votes needn’t count
October 3, 2012America's billionaires have realized they really don't have to bother convincing a majority of people to vote their way.
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Romney’s wrong on deficits
October 3, 2012According to Mitt Romney, the top economic priority is to put our fiscal house in order.
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