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Goodbye, Liberty! 10 Ways Americans Are No Longer Fre...
By Escape The Illusion on August 31, 2012 | No Comments
By Richard (R.J.) Eskow. Our struggle for liberty is a fight against concentrated wealth. Our most fundamental rights, to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, are under assault. But the adversary is Big Wealth, not Big Government as conservatives like to claim. Consider: Life? The differences... -
4 Ways That Democrats Want To Cut Taxes On The RichBy Escape The Illusion on July 28, 2012 | No Comments
By Josh Harkinson. The big debate in Washington right now centers around whether or not to “tax the rich.” This week, Senate Democrats passed a plan to cut income taxes on the middle class while increasing them on families that make more than $250,000 a year. Next week, House Republicans... -
Fracking Democracy: Why Pennsylvania’s Act 13 M...By Escape The Illusion on March 12, 2012 | No Comments
By Steven Rosenfeld. Editor’s Note: This is the first of two articles about Pennsylvania’s Act 13, perhaps the worst new environmental law in the nation, and the effort to stop it from taking effect. Pennsylvania, where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were signed and wh... -
Wall Street: The Candidate’s FriendBy Escape The Illusion on January 28, 2012 | No Comments
By Michael Winship. President Obama may talk a good populist game and even kick some corporate butt when he goes on the attack against Wall Street “fat cats.” Yet he still enjoys the company of bankers — see our “On Democracy” essay on the subject — and for all their grumbling about his ... -
The 10 Craziest State Legislatures In AmericaBy Escape The Illusion on July 24, 2011 | No Comments
By Kenneth Quinnell. The worst things that have passed in the states, in both quantity and quality, are coming from Republican-controlled legislatures. While attention was naturally focused on the changes in Congress that came as a result of the 2010 elections, an overlooked, but vitally important, ... -
Reps. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), Barney Frank (D-Mass.) team ...By Escape The Illusion on June 23, 2011 | No Comments
By Aliyah Shahid. A liberal Massachusetts Democrat and a libertarian from Texas are unlikely allies in a stoner-friendly cause: legalizing marijuana. Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Ron Paul (R-Tex.) will introduce legislation Thursday that would allow states to make their own rules concerning the ... -
Exxon Makes $30.5 Billion, So GOP Votes Unanimously T...By Escape The Illusion on May 5, 2011 | 1 Comment
By Brad Johnson. Exxon Mobil is by far the most profitable company in the new Fortune 500 list, riding “high oil prices to a staggering $30 billion in income” in 2010. Exxon made over $10 billion more than fellow oil giant Chevron, the third most profitable company (AT&T edged out Chevron f... -
An Afghan Peace Movement, Not a US Peace JirgaBy Escape The Illusion on April 8, 2011 | No Comments
By David Swanson. Kabul, Afghanistan – The United States, on the verge of shutting down its own government for lack of funds, just forked over another $50 million for a peace jirga (or council) to negotiate peace in Afghanistan or at least sponsor an upcoming conference in the United Arab Emir... -
The Dalai Lama ResignsBy Escape The Illusion on March 22, 2011 | No Comments
By Shannon McCoy. The Dalai Lama has been an emblem for what-peace-remains for Tibetans in exile from Chinese rule. For six decades, he served his people and gave face to a conflict rocked by—what I can’t decide is— a new imperialism or just the scraps of a model outdated. But the Dalai Lama h... -
Public Employee Unions Don’t Get One Penny from...By Escape The Illusion on March 5, 2011 | No Comments
By Joshua Holland. Nobody has to belong to a union or support its political activities, but you’d never know that from reading the news. Let us begin with this simple, indisputable truth: public employees’ unions don’t get a single red cent from taxpayers. And they aren’t a ...
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