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'Setting the Crown for a Corporate State': The Monopolization of Democracy by Corporations (Dale Tavris)

If the Congress goes down the road I see them going down, they will institutionalize the corporate state in a way that will be severely damaging to any possibility of restoring democracy -- William G ...

Public Option Favored by ALL Demographic Groups – Including Republicans (Dale Tavris)

Oct. 8, 2009 -- So vast is the majority in favor of a public option that even 70% of Republicans favor it. So, in order to turn us against it, the health insurance industry has to make us believe that ...

Ending Imperialist Wars: The Intersection of Morality and Self-Interest (Dale Tavris)

Dale Tavris M.D., M.P.H Dale Tavris -- World News Trust Oct. 10, 2009 -- In my opinion the most important argument against imperialist wars is their immorality. It’s a terrible shame that U.S. politi ...

Why we Are Plagued by Heartless and “Spineless” Leaders (Dale Tavris)

Dale Tavris M.D., M.P.H Dale Tavris -- World News Trust Oct. 7, 2009 -- Much has been said by progressives in recent years to the effect that the Republican Party is heartless and the Democratic Part ...

The BIG LIE: Psychological Projection in the Service of Class Warfare (Dale Tavris)

Dale Tavris, M.D., M.P.H Dale Tavris -- World News Trust Sept. 27, 2009 -- There are basically two ways to sell a product or an idea. One is to come up with a really excellent one and then explain it ...

The Origins of John F. Kennedy's Struggle against the CIA (Dale Tavris)

March 24, 3009 (World News Trust) -- A couple months ago I wrote a Democratic Underground post titled “The GAME,” which I began by noting the many unmentionable things in U.S. politics, and I conclud ...

Bush Administration Crimes and the International Criminal Court (Dale Tavris, M.D., M.P.H)

President Obama can acknowledge that the rule of law in our country is sacrosanct and that our country is part of a community of nations that desperately need a system of international law in order t ...

The GAME (Dale Tavris MD, MPH)

Jan. 13, 2009 (World News Trust) -- Here is a tough minded exploration of why we’re in trouble, starting with the basic issues of who gets heard, who gets ignored, and why.

The Gutting of our Civil Service- A Prelude to Fascism (Dale Tavris MD, MPH)

One of the most striking hallmarks of the Bush/Cheney administration has been the privatization of as many formerly government jobs as it could get away with. This effort has sometimes been referred ...

Political Ponerology: A Science of Evil Applied for Political Purposes (Dale Tavris MD, MPH)

(World News Trust) -- I define evil as the exercise of political power -– that is, the imposition of one’s will upon others by overt or covert coercion -– in order to avoid extending one’s self for t ...

Health Care Fraud: One Reason Gov't-Sponsored Universal Health Care is Essential (Dale Tavris M.D.)

Dale Tavris, MD, MPH -- World News Trust Health care is too important to the well being of the American people to entrust it to for-profit corporations. A 2004 report by the Institute of Medicine not ...