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Weekly Audit: It's a Recession, Stupid (and what that means) Economy NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 12.02.2008 | Business

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We are clearly out of options that match up with Friedman's monetarism, indicating that public policy has nowhere left to turn except direct government spending on economic support.

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The Secretary and the Czar: Obama Bets Big on Daschle for Healthcare

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, MediaWire blogger It's official, former Sen. Tom Daschle will be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschl...

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Healthcare: Out with the Old, In With the New

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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Another sobering statistic: The US military loses the equivalent of a brigade of veterans to suicide each year -- yet more evidence that mental health parity should be a priority in health care reform.

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Toil and Trouble
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home

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NOTE: After you click a link, click the title of the item to get the full text or video. This week finds our war hero, on Old Hallow's Eve, having fi...

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McCain Fails to Vanquish "That One" in Debate
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 10.08.2008 | Home

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McCain not only pointed his finger angrily at his opponent, but chose to refer to a black man in a way that omitted any reference to his humanity. Even if that was not his intention, it was not a particularly deft move.

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What the Oprah-Obama Alliance Really Means

Adele Stan | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics

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In the generic meeting-rooms of the Colorado Convention Center, a revolution is taking place in the Democratic Party. The people of faith have arrived.

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