It’s an election year, so it should be no surprise that politicians are in the market for votes. “Passed in record time” as a “gift to the middle class and those who aspire to it,” according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Congress gave final approval in early February to an economic stimulus package that supposedly will help avert a looming U.S. recession.

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As the nation’s major media outlets crown John McCain (George W. Bush on steroids) as the Republican nominee for president, their nearly criminal neglect of Ron Paul’s candidacy in the 2008 presidential campaign is nearly complete. “Big media” have never deemed Paul a “major candidate,” as their paltry coverage of him shows.

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A short piece about gimmicks and education

 David Cameron, the Tory leader, struggles these days.  He faces demands for an apology, after he called government funding for school visits to the former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz a "gimmick".

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The situation in Pakistan provides another good reason why the American people should put a stop to the U.S. government’s meddling in the affairs of other countries.

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