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Obama: Burning Koran a “Recruitment Bonanza” for Al-Qaeda (With Video)
The president appealed to a Florida pastor not to go through with burning Korans on Saturday, saying the act would be ‘completely contrary to our values as Americans.’ Washington …
Juan Cole | The Great Pakistani Deluge Never Happened
The Great Deluge in Pakistan passed almost unnoticed in the United States despite President Obama’s repeated assertions that the country is central to American security. Now, with new evacuations …
Suck It Up and Dig In
The “mainstream” news media has, over the last few weeks, been giving us a clinic on the art of the self-fulfilling prophecy. To wit: Democrats are discouraged on the …
Robert Reich | The Tortoise Economy
Word from the twelve Federal Reserve Banks, summarized in the Fed’s so-called ”Beige Book,” shows the economy slowing in July and August. Duh. But the Fed is quick to …
Young Artists, Scientists Think Logically, Creatively
Do scientists and artists think differently? Fifty years ago, novelist/physicist C.P. Snow famously fretted that the two disciplines were drifting apart, and subsequent research suggested he was onto something. …
Soldiers With Brain Trauma Denied Purple Hearts
The U.S. Army honors soldiers wounded or killed in combat with the Purple Heart, a powerful symbol designed to recognize their sacrifice and service. Yet Army commanders have routinely …
Gang in Mexico Massacre Tries to Silence Investigation
Mexico City - The criminal gang behind the slaying of 72 migrants late last month is suspected of killing those close to the case in an attempt to shut …
Calls for Change of US Strategy in Afghanistan Grow Louder
Washington, D.C. - Amid continued high levels of violence and a steady stream of reports of high-level government corruption in Kabul, a growing number of foreign policy specialists are …
The Indefensible Drones: A Ground Zero Reflection
Libby and Jerica are in the front seat of the Prius, and Mary and I are in back. We just left Oklahoma, we're heading into Shamrock, Texas, and tomorrow …
Froma Harrop | The Rich Are Not Going to Give Us Jobs
Let's cut the baloney about jobs and rich people's taxes. If corporate profits automatically turned into jobs for the little folk, the unemployment rate would be plummeting. It happens …