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Undernews For November 15, 2010

Monday, 15 November 2010, 12:21 pm | Undernews

Washington Post - The salaries of two senior staffers, Marc Goldwein and Ed Lorenzen, are paid by private groups that have previously advocated cuts to entitlement programs. Lorenzen is paid by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, while Goldwein is paid by the ... More >>

Undernews For October 7, 2010

Friday, 8 October 2010, 7:55 pm | Undernews

MORE DEMOCRATS SEE POT AS A GOOD ISSUE Wall Street Journal - Democratic strategists are studying a California marijuana-legalization initiative to see if similar ballot measures could energize young, liberal voters in swing states for the 2012 presidential ... More >>

Undernews 27 September 2010

Thursday, 30 September 2010, 11:22 am | Undernews

Sam Smith, 2005 - This fall marks the Review's tenth year on the web - and our 11th year of sending out email updates. In the last quarter of 1995 we got all of 388 page views, and in 1996, we got 27,000. This year we are approaching three million. More >>

Undernews For September 15, 2010

Thursday, 16 September 2010, 11:43 pm | Undernews

You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred. - Woody Allen HOW THE NEW YORKER, NY TIMES AND OTHER LIBERALS HELPED START THE IRAQ WAR Michael Moore, Daily Beast - We invaded Iraq because most ... More >>

Undernews for September 13, 2010

Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 5:45 pm | Undernews

Since 1989, we have occasionally published a guide to getting through the crummy era that we are still in. It seems time for a new, updated edition. Face the facts. The First American Republic is over. The Constitution is being trashed by both major ... More >>

Undernews For September 2, 2010

Friday, 3 September 2010, 10:36 am | Undernews

There has been no significant change in the Democrats' pending disaster over the past month. They still stand to lose seven Senate seats with another four unclear. In other words, it is possible - albeit not likely - that they could lose the Senate ... More >>

Undernews For 27 August 2010

Sunday, 29 August 2010, 9:20 pm | Undernews

UNDERNEWS Since 1964, the news while there's still time to do something about it More >>

Undernews For 25 August 2010

Friday, 27 August 2010, 11:08 am | Undernews

Foreign Policy in Focus - For the past few decades, prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the percentage of the urban population living in slums in Iraq hovered just below 20 percent. Today, that percentage has risen to 53 percent: 11 million ... More >>

Undernews For August 23rd 2010

Friday, 27 August 2010, 11:07 am | Undernews

Like most media, the Progressive Review has repeatedly defined what has been going on in Iraq and Afghanistan as wars. But two pieces of news in the past twenty-four hours have raised questions is to whether this is still wise. More >>

Undernews For July 27, 2010

Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 12:34 pm | Undernews

It's not easy being Green but it sure is easier than being a Democrat these days. I was reminded of this as I scanned some proposed changes and additions to the Green platform. Over and over I found myself reading stuff that not only fit my views but ... More >>

Undernews For July 23, 2010

Friday, 23 July 2010, 6:34 pm | Undernews

An important question to ask of any proposed educational innovation is simply this: Is it intended to make the factory run more efficiently, or is it designed, as it should be, to get rid of the factory model altogether and replace it with individualized, ... More >>

Undernews For July 22, 2010

Friday, 23 July 2010, 5:08 pm | Undernews

An important question to ask of any proposed educational innovation is simply this: Is it intended to make the factory run more efficiently, or is it designed, as it should be, to get rid of the factory model altogether and replace it with individualized, ... More >>

Undernews For July 20, 2010

Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 6:19 pm | Undernews

ENTROPY UPDATE W all Street Journal - Faced with a $118 million budget deficit, the city of San Jose, Calif., recently decided it could no longer afford its own janitors. So the city's budget called for dropping its custodial staff and hiring ... More >>

Undernews For July 17, 2010

Monday, 19 July 2010, 1:17 pm | Undernews

Robert Reich - Thursday the President pronounced that "because of this [financial reform] bill the American people will never again be asked to foot the bill for Wall Street's mistakes." More >>

Undernews For July 14, 2010

Friday, 16 July 2010, 11:25 am | Undernews

- The International Air Transport Association, which represents 250 of the world's airlines, including major U.S. carriers, says the TSA lacks "a strategy and a vision" of how the machines fit into a comprehensive checkpoint security plan. "The TSA is ... More >>

Undernews For July 12, 2010

Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 4:57 pm | Undernews

WORD Mr Simon Burns is the Tory MP for Chelmsford. . . Today, Mr Burns was driven to the edge of his reason – a distance which, to be frank, is not very great. – Simon Hoggarts, Guardian RECENT STORIES ARIZONA LIES ABOUT IMMIGRANTS BOOKSHELF: ... More >>

Undernews For July 11, 2010

Monday, 12 July 2010, 2:57 pm | Undernews

THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNTING SCAM BOOKSHELF: MARK TWAIN IS BACK ISRAELI ACADEMICS IN BOYCOTT ROW JUDGE SLAMS RIAA, REDUCING DOWNLOADING FINE BY 90% AMERICA 2.0: LEAVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT ALONE RACE TO THE BOTTOM: AMERICA'S GREAT UNDERACHIEVERS MCCRYSTAL’S ... More >>

Undernews For 22 June, 2010

Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 3:31 pm | Undernews

The Review will be on the road for two weeks beginning Wednesday. There will be no email edition during this time, but you can keep up with things on our main page - http://prorev.com - or on our Undernews page: http://prorev.com/indexa.htm More >>

Undernews For June 10, 2010

Friday, 11 June 2010, 6:37 pm | Undernews

The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished. - Ben Franklin When the country was debating the economic-stimulus plan, policy makers asked economists for advice, and the press frequently provided a forum for them to express their opinions. ... More >>

Ohio CD-18 recount. Double voting in Jefferson WV?

Thursday, 27 May 2010, 4:19 pm | Undernews

Ohio SoS orders recount in 18th Congressional District, 16 counties must schedule by June 4..Are chicken costumes a form of free speech?..Montgomery Co TX will have recount on paperless machines and of course the result is unlikely to change...Some ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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