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  • Covid 19 Eviction Ban Ending

    “The Biden administration is weighing whether to extend a soon-expiring federal policy that prohibits landlords from evicting their cash-strapped tenants” during the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Washington Post declares today.“The U.S. government seeks to buy more time for an estimated 10 million families who have fallen behind on their rent,” adds the news source.Without that extension, “the federal eviction ban is set to lapse in seven days, opening the door for some Americans to be removed from their homes,” states the Post.“To address these concerns, Congress and CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] created eviction moratoriums, and…

  • State Department Losing Top Talent

    Why are so manyleaving the StateDepartment–andwhy aren’t theybeing replaced?State Department Losing Top TalentBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 2nd, 2007Something strange is going on at the Bush State Department.Every administration suffers…

  • Supreme Court To Revisit Campaign Finance Law

    Is the challengeintended to “waterdown the standards”of McCain-Feingold?Supreme Court To Revisit Campaign Finance LawBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 1st, 2007The Supreme Court has agreed to revisit the landmark 2002 legislation…

  • Are U.S. Military Spy Teams Out Of Control?

    Bush’s SpecialForces areoperating incountries which areU.S. allies, andwon’t play nice withthe CIA.Are U.S. Military Spy Teams Out Of Control?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 30th, 2007U.S. Special Forces teams on foreign…

  • Bush Changing U.S. Military Leadership

    Will the new Armyleader help or hurtAmerican forces inIraq andAfghanistan?Bush Changing U.S. Military LeadershipBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 29th, 2007The heads of America’s top military personnel continue to fall, with…

  • What Are China’S Military Hopes?

    We can glean a fewhints from China’sown report on thesubject.What Are China’s Military Hopes?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 25th, 2007Below are extracts from a report issued by the Chinese Information…

  • Iraq Parliament Exists Only In Name

    How can America’save Iraq’ whenIraqis won’t helpthemselves?Iraq Parliament Exists Only In NameBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 24th, 2007It usually doesn’t make the American corporate news, but these days the Iraqi…

  • Are Public Election Funds Becoming A Thing Of The Past?

    How ‘big money’brought corruptionback to presidentialpolitics.Are Public Election Funds Becoming A Thing Of The Past?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 23rd, 2007America’s public financing system for presidential campaigns, a post-Watergate initiative…

  • Should America Reconsider The Welfare State?

    A leading think-tanksays ‘Old Europe’could teach us a fewthings.Should America Reconsider The Welfare State?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 22nd, 2007The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), a liberal think-tank,…

  • Military Spying On U.S. Citizens

    The DefenseDepartment hasbegun looking intothe lives of ordinaryAmericans.Military Spying On U.S. CitizensBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 18th, 2007The Defense Department has been exploiting a little-known power to obtain banking and…

  • What Are China’S Space Hopes?

    A 2006 ChineseGovernment whitepaper helps providethe answers.What Are China’s Space Hopes?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 15th, 2007On Oct. 12th, 2006, the Information Office of China’s State Council issued a white…

  • Congressional Study Shows Tax Cuts Favor Wealthy

    Why do Bush’s taxcuts so favor therich?Congressional Study Shows Tax Cuts Favor WealthyBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 10th, 2007Economists have long known it. For years, neo-conservatives blindly denied it.Families which…