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Last night I watched The New American Century , a documentary about the neoconservative movement and its influence on American foreign policy. There are things in the film I didn’t agree with—for example, its assumption that September 11 was an “ inside job ”—but it got me thinking. Leo Strauss, grandfather of the neoconservative movement, felt that modern life is vulgar and trivial. Moral relativism had made America soft, and we were on the road to decadence and decline. To combat this, we needed to be united by a common enemy , even an imaginary one, to give us a sense of purpose in the fight of good against evil.reversus
The Republican budget, with its secret plans to close mystery loopholes, may be the most fraudulent ever. This week’s Supreme Court hearings on the health care law seemed to suggest that some justices were embracing any argument they could use to kill reform. ALEC, the corporate-backed group that’s been pushing and even drafting legislation, says it stands for free markets. Crony capitalism is more like it.
Paul Krugman | Nobel Prize Winner and Op-Ed Columnist for The Ne
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday no jobs were created in August. Zero. Nada. Well, not quite. The strike at Verizon reduced the labor force by 45,000.Jewish dissidents from across the English-speaking world explaining why they, to a greater or lesser extent, support Palestinian rights in Beyond Tribal Loyalties: Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists .
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