From the LA Times Book Review: Mark Rudd is the guy from the Weather Underground who is not Bill Ayers. Both were leaders of the group that worked for the violent overthrow of the United States government in the 1970s, but while Ayers remains unapologetic, Rudd is full of regrets.
Rudd is not Bill Ayers in [...]
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Hunting the Mortgage Predators: BOBBI MURRAY will report on the mortgage-backed securities business and how it propelled the aggressive marketing of hideously risky loan “products.” Bobbi has reported on politics, economics, police reform and healthcare issues for Los Angeles magazine, The Nation and [...]
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“We cannot attract and retain the best and brightest talent,” AIG says, unless they pay those bonuses — $165 million. Barney Frank had the best and brightest reply: on the Rachel Maddow Show Monday night, he said: “I don’t want to retain them.” JOHN NICHOLS [...]
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How a well-connected oil company revolutionized the way America makes war – and why Obama still needs them: PRATAP CHATTERJEE talks about the past and future of Halliburton and its former subsidiary KBR. Pratap is the managing editor of CorpWatch and has written for the Financial [...]
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Hillary In Ramallah: Sec. of State Clinton visited Palestinian leaders on the West Bank this morning — for comment and some historical perspective, we turn to RASHID KHALIDI, he holds the Edward Said Chair in Arab Studies at Columbia University, and his new book is Sowing Crisis: [...]