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washingtonpost.com - 3/13/2009

Obama's False Dawn

— washingtonpost.com — In Mark Strand's pleasingly odd poem "The Tunnel," the author is tormented by a persistent, moaning man... in front of his house. The narrator vainly orders him to leave, makes obscene gestures through the window and destroys the living room furniture ... (more) Obama's False Dawn

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juancole.com - 3/21/2009

Firedoglake Book Salon 5 pm Today

— juancole.com — Am doing live Q & A at the Firedoglake book salon Saturday afternoon 3/21 at 5 pm... ET . Refresh the page to see the start of it at 5. End/ (Not Continued) (more) Firedoglake Book Salon 5 pm Today

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julescrittenden.com - 3/16/2009

Not Socialist Enough

— julescrittenden.com — Nobel Economics Laureate Krugman re Europe, about which he frets. He is disappointed that Congress and Obama... didn't drive up the deficit three times higher, and Europe has failed to meet even that paltry standard for agenda-pushing porkulus. No ... (more) Not Socialist Enough

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Heartache for the progressive Left
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Outside The Beltway | OTB — Outaged or Just on the Other Side? Jules Crittenden is shocked that lefty firebrands Jane Hamsher and Glenn Greenwald have continued ranting and raving about injustice now that their guy is in charge over at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. [image] One possible explanation for this is that, rather than having simply been partisan hacks fomenting faux outrage at the Bush Administration, they’re intellectually honest ideologues who are genuinely motivated by principle and actually outraged when their government violates said principles. Having come of ...