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Mad as Hell in Detroit

by Lou Dubose | Feb 1, 2014 | Politics

(Mike Ilitch)  On the Friday before Christmas, I was interviewing 15 members of the AFSCME Local 98 Retirees Executive Board when one man became impatient with my questions. In less than 700 words, Mark Phillips described the winners and losers in a city controlled by an emergency manager who has turned pensioners into creditors in […]

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The Greening of Barack Obama

by Lou Dubose | Feb 1, 2014 | Politics

(The aftermath of the explosion in West, Texas) When we spoke at the Bullitt Foundation building in Seattle last fall, Denis Hayes sounded almost resentful of the Clinton and Obama administrations’ focus on health care. “In my ideal world, I would have preferred that they address climate change, because there you are dealing with something […]

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Wendy Davis Attacked for Being Ambitious Woman

by Lou Dubose | Jan 31, 2014 | Politics

(Texas state Senator Wendy Davis | Source: Dallas Morning News) It’s been a rough week for the Wendy Davis campaign. What began with a critical examination of her bio by Dallas Morning News senior political reporter Wayne Slater has become the story, keeping the Democratic senator’s gubernatorial campaign off-message and on the defensive since January […]

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If Hillary Doesn’t Back Obama on Iran

by M.J. Rosenberg | Jan 29, 2014 | Foreign Policy

There can be little doubt that Hillary Clinton lost the 2008 nomination for president because she voted to authorize the Iraq War. If she had opposed it, there would have been no rationale for the Obama candidacy. It is likely that she, not President Obama, would now be in the White House. It seems crazy. […]

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Obama to Congress: Farewell

by Lou Dubose | Jan 29, 2014 | Politics

(Source: White House) I was following the Republican presidential primaries in 1988 when Jack Kemp made an insightful comment to conclude a speech he was delivering to a Hispanic group in Corpus Christi: “Ladies and gentlemen, our future lies ahead of us!” The theme of Obama’s State of the Union address last night: “My future […]

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Bad Faith Documentary

Bad Faith

“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns

Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones

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“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024”Variety

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