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Minimum Wage Hike?

The stars are beginning to align around an increase in the minimum wage. The Republicans are under intense pressure from their moderate wing to do something that might shore up support in the Northeast where many of their seats up for re-election this fall are very vulnerable. The New York Times makes this point here: […]

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Israel Turns Up the Heat

The failure of international talks to get a cease fire in the Middle east has been taken by the Israelis as tacit support for an expansion of their attacks on Lebanon. The New York Times has a report here: Israel Debates Strategy Shift After Truce Talks Fail The problem with this is that it does […]

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Mid East Fiasco

Sidney Blumenthal has an excellent article in Salon about American Mid East policy [if there is any]. Here it is: Domino diplomacy | Salon Now this is scary. The problem I have with a “domiono” scenario such as this, is that it places the desired end result at such a distance from any immediate action. […]

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