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April's Lowdown

The great American medicine show, a spectacle of deceit, manipulation, and flimflammery

Butterflies waft across a beautiful field of spring flowers. A delightful young family bicycles joyously down a country lane. A couple on a park bench leans sensually into each other. A 40-something woman's face radiates with both perfect beauty and internal happiness. "All's right with the world," is the message... as long as you've taken your dosages of Lunesta, Celebrex, Cialis, and Botox.


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Corporate elites and their small-minded political servants are creating the Incredibly Shrinking America

December 2011 // Main article
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August 2010 // Main article
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July 2010 // Commentary
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Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against corporate power

May 2009 // Main article
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Time for real workplace democracy-- not the phony company version

March 2009 // Main article
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DoSomething!

February 2009 // Do something
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Team Obama's plan for Afghanistan is a disaster in search of a strategy

February 2009 // Main article
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BAN CLUSTER BOMBS

January 2009 // Commentary
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TIME TO FREE UP OUR FREEDOMS

August 2008 // Commentary
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THE PRICE OF SHRIMP

June 2008 // Commentary
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