AUSTIN, Texas -- I feel snakebite about praising any proposal by George W. Bush. Every time I write a column saying, "Look, he's done something good!" he does something else that makes it either not so good or just plain bad. He welched on...
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10 February 2005
Since the 1950s, many young Americans have first encountered critiques
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08 February 2005
AUSTIN, Texas -- Last week, The New York Times quoted a Harvard Law student who favors the privatization of Social Security as saying the accounts-formerly-known-as-private are "a no-brainer."
Funny, I'd say that pretty well...
Funny, I'd say that pretty well...
05 February 2005
Let's cut the actuarial doublespeak: Bush comes not to save Social Security, but to bury it.
Ever since Franklin Roosevelt installed the most successful social program in US history, far right fanatics of the Bush ilk have...
Ever since Franklin Roosevelt installed the most successful social program in US history, far right fanatics of the Bush ilk have...
03 February 2005
CHICAGO - When will our troops return home from Iraq? What is the President’s plan to prevent factory jobs from going abroad? What is his plan for providing healthcare for the estimated 45 million Americans who have no insurance coverage...
03 February 2005
AUSTIN, Texas -- I don't get it. The divide between the rhetoric and the reality in this administration is larger than I can span. The dissonance between the noble ideals expressed and the nasty actions is too raw for me.
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