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Miracles for Christmas
(Photo: Geoff S.) It’s the Christmas season, so why not indulge ourselves? Let’s ask for a few miracles. In fact, we in America have had a miracle …
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Egypt’s Women Protest Despite Brutal Military Attacks
Cairo - Several army soldiers slapped, punched and kicked Mona Seif, hitting her with wooden batons while they dragged her inside the Cabinet Building shortly after they raided Tahrir …
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Global Warming Hates a White Christmas
This winter has been unusually warm, crippling ski resorts, ruining holiday traditions, and dashing hopes of a white Christmas across the northern hemisphere. While the billions of tons of …
The Unending Legacy of Torture
One of the most troubling legacies of 9/11 is the United States' decision to resort to torture to fight terrorism. Torture has tarnished the United States' reputation and undermined …
Leon Panetta: Military Cuts Mean “Doomsday” for America
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wants you to be scared. In a letter to Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain, Panetta warned that after possible cuts in the …
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A Death of One’s Own
Princeton - Dudley Clendinen, a writer and journalist, has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal degenerative illness. In The New York Times earlier this year, he wrote movingly both …
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Signs of Intelligent Life in the Murdoch Universe
Los Angeles Smog. (Photo: Robert S. Donovan / Flickr) No one accuses The Wall Street Journal, icon of the business world, of devoting excessive column space to …
Occupy Wall Street, Mass Media and Progressive Change in the Tea Party Era: Our Window of Opportunity
Better understanding how both OWS and the Tea Party are discussed in media should remain a major focus of those concerned with promoting bottom-up notions of grassroots democracy.
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Stop the War on Christmas: Cease Fire in Afghanistan (2)
American soldiers during a push against insurgents in the Zhari district of Afghanistan, west of Kandahar city, on September 21, 2010. (Photo: Tyler Hicks / The New York Times) …
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House Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension for Two Months
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives quickly, quietly Friday approved a two-month extension of the Social Security payroll tax, ending a week of rancor and assuring more than 160 …