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Private Pensions, Public Good: Finding assistance for workers dedicated to assisting others Private Pensions, Public Good: Finding assistance for workers dedicated to assisting others

Finding assistance for workers dedicated to assisting others.

Oct 30, 2006 / The Nation

(Save the) World’s Fair: At DC.’s Green Festival, innovation blooms (Save the) World’s Fair: At DC.’s Green Festival, innovation blooms

At DC.'s Green Festival, innovation blooms.

Oct 30, 2006 / The Nation

Reading Virgil on Midterm Eve Reading Virgil on Midterm Eve

Maybe there's something to the timing. As Americans turn against a war and occupation whose origins and conduct are defined by arrogance, mendacity and lawlessness, a new translat...

Oct 30, 2006 / The Nation

Republican Flip-floppers Republican Flip-floppers

Remember back in 2004 when delegates at the Republican presidential convention waved those flip-flop sandals and Republican crowds throughout the campaign then chanted with deligh...

Oct 30, 2006 / The Nation

Grasping at Straws Grasping at Straws

The press has certainly had a field day speculating on whether or not the NJ Supreme Court decision will boost values votes for the GOP. For the most part, the reporting and analy...

Oct 27, 2006 / The Nation

Scandal, Scandal Everywhere Scandal, Scandal Everywhere

According to Roll Call, the respected Capitol Hill newspaper, seventeen members of the 109th Congress are or have been under federal investigation. Add Rep. Katherine Harris to th...

Oct 27, 2006 / The Nation

Return of the Body Count? Return of the Body Count?

It's been clear since the Afghan War began in 2001 that no one had the Vietnam analogy more programmatically on their brains than the Bush team in the White House and the Pentagon...

Oct 27, 2006 / The Nation

Oversight? Nah, Don’t Need It Oversight? Nah, Don’t Need It

Yet another reason why Americans who believe in accountability and oversight should be pulling for Democrats to win this November… While the Special Inspector General for Iraq ...

Oct 26, 2006 / The Nation

Slice the Vote Slice the Vote

Voters in three key areas of Virginia won't see Senate challenger Jim Webb's name on the summary page of their electronic ballots. Instead, thanks to a computer glitch, Webb's nam...

Oct 26, 2006 / The Nation

NJ Supreme Court Backs Same-Sex Unions (updated) NJ Supreme Court Backs Same-Sex Unions (updated)

So here are some more thoughts on today's same-sex union decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court. First, while the decision is more expansive and pro-gay than New York's and Wash...

Oct 26, 2006 / The Nation

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