"It doesn’t really matter what ordinary people want. The wealthy call the tune, and the
politicians dance."

"Finance myths."

Just like Iraq, it continues: contractors with poor ratings keep getting UA contracts in Afghanistan

The re-training scam and education myth for the jobless."

"Deferring to Petraeus" a big mistake considering his failed track record in Iraq i.e.being responsible in part for two of the greatest debacles of the Iraq war.

"The President as storyteller in chief"

"How can we expect voters to appreciate fiscal reality when politicians consistently misrepresent that reality?"

"Is the army tightening its grip on Egypt?" as this youth and working class driven movement and the army eye each other, forget about the army swiftly handing over power to a civilian-led interim government. and don't expect these Mubarak crony generals to hand this all over to the people on a plate...."