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The War On Terror: A Cage Of Our Own Making

By Tom Sullivan
January 11, 2010

America’s fight against terrorism is a stooge scene. Washington meets every new attack not by addressing the motives behind Islamist violence, but by adding another layer of security to infringe on Americans’ privacy and dignity. more »

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Obama Just Ran Out Of Slack

By Tom Sullivan
December 17, 2009

The media was quick to declare the Obama honeymoon over this summer. Yet supporters exhilarated by Barack Obama’s stunning win in November 2008 were still willing to cut him a lot of slack. That slack just ran out. more »

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Nothing Personal: The Triumph of Corporate Thinking

By Tom Sullivan
December 7, 2009

"They screwed me over,” Mike said.

We were at one of those seminars where professionals earn a couple of continuing education hours over a long lunch. I hadn’t seen Mike in a few years and asked if he was still at the same company. Not since April, he said. After well over a decade the company had cut him loose. more »

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Obama White House Seeks Delay On Declassification

By Tom Sullivan
November 30, 2009

Secret agencies like their secrets secret. Even old secrets. more »

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Which Public Is That?

By Tom Sullivan
November 6, 2009

The Beltway cognoscenti keep telling us that a bipartisan solution to health care reform is what the public wants. Just what public is it that's more interested in process than results?

Conventional wisdom says that Obama has failed to make Washington more bipartisan if Democrats ram through a health reform bill without Republican support. more »

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Lucky or Good?

By Tom Sullivan
November 2, 2009

The congressman’s staffer said her goodbyes and left the service desk. The cashier, pleasant-looking and about fifty, had listened to the health care conversation from behind the counter. Now that it was just the two of them, she opened up to my wife.

It has been a bad three years. She had been healthy, she said, until she developed a blood disorder. more »

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The Public Necessity

By Tom Sullivan
October 26, 2009

The health care debate – with its leaks, mixed signals and close-to-the-vest dealing – has reform supporters losing their cool while Obama, infuriatingly, maintains his. The uncertainty has strained the tenuous loyalties of a fickle American left. How much talk about "triggers" is real, how much is process, and how much is rope-a-dope? more »

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What Civilized Country Operates Like This?

By Tom Sullivan
October 13, 2009

You have seen it. The plastic bucket beside the cash register at the convenience store. A photo is taped to it. A child needs an operation. His father lost his job. The family lost its insurance. They are about to lose their home. Can you spare some change? more »

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If You Like Medical Bills, You’ll Love These

By Tom Sullivan
September 21, 2009

Activists in the blogosphere are studying well over 500 amendments to Sen. more »

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What Does Happen Here

By Tom Sullivan
September 14, 2009

Last weekend, tens of thousands of health reform protesters prompted by Glenn Beck descended on Washington. They fear America is turning fascist because Barack Obama wants health insurance reform that reduces cost, guarantees choice, and is affordable and high quality for every American.

Diabolical. more »

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