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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. introduces Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney before Romney spoke at the Grain Exchange in Milwaukee, in this April 3, 2012 file photo. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

As GOP Touts Fiscal Prowess, Figures Show Taxing Rich Could Erase Deficit

Archives for août 2012

Israel Grapples With Rise In Hate Crimes

Two Palestinian children try to help Palestinian Nariman Tamimi avoid arrest by Israeli soldiers during a protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, Aug 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) (MintPress) — Acts of Jewish settler violence against Palestinians tripled in […]

Martin Michaels
Par Martin Michaels
Two Palestinian children try to help Palestinian Nariman Tamimi avoid arrest by Israeli soldiers during a protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, Aug 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

(MintPress) — Acts of Jewish settler violence against Palestinians tripled in 2009-2011, and continue largely unabated through 2012, according to Israeli human rights organizations. The unwillingness to properly investigate acts of settler violence in the West Bank and acts of violence against Arab citizens of Israel has created what U.N.

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On The Campaign Trail: Who’s The Real Conservative?

President Barack Obama speaks at The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Annual Conference at the Walt Disney World Resort, Friday, June 22, 2012, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Washington’s political gridlock, we are told, is the result of ideological head-banging. Few on the left or the right want to […]

John Stoehr
Par John Stoehr
President Barack Obama speaks at The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Annual Conference at the Walt Disney World Resort, Friday, June 22, 2012, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Washington's political gridlock, we are told, is the result of ideological head-banging. Few on the left or the right want to listen or deal, because most are entrenched in ideology. So all we get are foreheads colliding — lots of pain but very little else getting accomplished. While "gridlock" can make for balanced journalism (I mean serious

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Palestinians Living In Firing Zones

Palestinians hurl stones at Israeli troops, not seen, during a Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) demonstration supporting prisoners in Israeli jails outside the Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) Life in occupied Palestine is hard enough. Imagine how much worse in […]

Stephen Lendman
Par Stephen Lendman
Palestinians hurl stones at Israeli troops, not seen, during a Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) demonstration supporting prisoners in Israeli jails outside the Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Life in occupied Palestine is hard enough. Imagine how much worse in firing zones. According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): (1) Israel designated about 18 percent of West Bank land closed military zones, aka firing zones. It's one among other ways Israel steals land. (2) About 5,000 Palestinians in 38

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The Misdirections And Misconceptions About Welfare

Shannon Stanfield poses with her daughter Maddy, left, and her son John at her home in Clinton, N.Y., Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. Stanfield is a former welfare recipient. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli) It’s an election year and although in the last couple of presidential elections we seem to have had a reprieve from the rather shameful […]

Edward Rhymes
Par Edward Rhymes
Shannon Stanfield poses with her daughter Maddy, left, and her son John at her home in Clinton, N.Y., Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. Stanfield is a former welfare recipient. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)

It’s an election year and although in the last couple of presidential elections we seem to have had a reprieve from the rather shameful practice of demonizing the poor and trafficking in racializing welfare, here we are again. There have been claims that Mitt Romney has made in campaign ads (and on the campaign trail as well) about President

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Feds Push Maryland To Think Big On Health Cost Control

Supporters of health care reform rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 28, 2012, on the final day of arguments regarding the health care law signed by President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) If quiet negotiations between policymakers and industry bear fruit, Maryland could join the short list of states attempting […]

Jay Hancock
Par Jay Hancock
Supporters of health care reform rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 28, 2012, on the final day of arguments regarding the health care law signed by President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

If quiet negotiations between policymakers and industry bear fruit, Maryland could join the short list of states attempting to go far beyond the Affordable Care Act in improving health and limiting spending. Federal officials are urging Maryland and its powerful health industry to build on the state's unique hospital rate-setting system to

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How An Obscure Federal Rule Could Be Shaking Up Presidential Politics

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses local residents and politicians during a town hall meeting at Palisades Park High School in Palisades Park, N.J.,Wednesday, Feb, 22, 2012, one day after introducing his budget. (AP Photo/The Record of Bergen County, Tyson Trish) New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s allies seemed to give a big old raspberry to […]

Jake Bernstein
Par Jake Bernstein
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses local residents and politicians during a town hall meeting at Palisades Park High School in Palisades Park, N.J.,Wednesday, Feb, 22, 2012, one day after introducing his budget. (AP Photo/The Record of Bergen County, Tyson Trish)

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's allies seemed to give a big old raspberry to presidential aspirant Mitt Romney on the front page of the New York Post today. Anonymous sources told the paper that Romney demanded Christie agree to resign the governorship if he was offered vice president on the GOP ticket. Christie was said to have declined since he

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