Gore Vidal discusses his writing life in a conversation with the audience.

 Mr. Vidal responded to questions from audience members. Gore Vidal is the author of more than twenty books, including Lincoln, Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace, and Palimpsest: A Memoir. He has also written five plays, numerous screenplays, and two hundred essays. He won… Continue

 

 

John B. Wells has one of the most recognized voices in America, but unfortunately a million Americans will no longer get to hear his melodious voice on Saturday nights on what was his popular Coast to Coast radio broadcast.

The following is an exclusive print interview I conducted with John B. Wells on the evening of February 5, 2014. Why was this ever-so-popular host let…

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5 October 2012, by Jonathan Weil (Bloomberg)





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As if America’s hedge-fund elite didn’t have enough crises to worry about -- riots in Spain, the fiscal cliff, Lindsay Lohan’s hotel brawl -- the parade of underlings copping pleas to insider-trading crimes just keeps growing. Every week it seems another one flips, promising to turn state’s evidence.



Time is money, as they say. And it would take a true genius to make money out of…

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The vast profits made from drug production and trafficking are overwhelmingly reaped in rich “consuming” countries – principally across Europe and in the US – rather than war-torn “producing” nations such as Colombia and Mexico, new research has revealed. And its authors claim that financial regulators in the west are…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jon Corzine is stepping down from running the securities firm that collapsed after his disastrous bets on European debt.

 

The firm, MF Global, said Friday that Corzine has resigned as chairman and CEO. It says he will decline a severance package worth $12.1 million, including cash and benefits.

 

MF Global filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday after its bets on European debt spooked investors and trading partners.

 

The company…

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Commentary

By David Roman

Portugal’s banks didn’t lend blindly into a massive property bubble and didn’t get caught in subprime shenanigans. Yet they’re still in big trouble–that’s not a happy message for other European lenders.

Earlier Friday, Moody’s lowered its standalone ratings for six Portuguese banks, including two-notches downgrades for the traditional top…

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SEC Rule Would Ban Banks and Hedge Funds From Betting on Investor Losses



By DJ Pangburn Monday, September 19, 2011

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Open Letter From the Peace Movement to President Obama on His Upcoming Decision Regarding the Afghan War

by Cynthia McKinney

Dear Mr. President:

According to press reports, you intend to decide between November 7 and November 11 whether or not to send tens of thousands of American soldiers to Afghanistan. We are writing in advance of that decision to add our voice to those of Sen. Feingold, many…

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Paul Joseph Watson

Prison Planet.com

Friday, July 3, 2009



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The Trans-Texas Corridor, part of the NAFTA Superhighway projected to link the United States with Canada and Mexico as an integral cog of the North American Union, is back on the agenda after Texas Governor Rick Perry lied in claiming that the proposal was dead earlier this year.



The open plan to… Continue