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AIG Executives Failed to Repay Majority of Bonuses
Despite previous promises, beleaguered insurance giant American International Group (AIG) has failed to return tens of millions of dollars in bonus payments the firm doled out to executives following …
Seven CIA Agents, Five Canadians Killed in Afghanistan
UPDATED 12/31/09 12:29 p.m. PDT: Seven CIA agents were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber detonated a vest laced with explosives at a military base in eastern Afghanistan, US …
Pentagon’s Military “Mentoring” Program Closely Linked With Defense Contracting Firm
The military's senior mentor programs are part of a high-level review ordered by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the subject of a report in USA TODAY. Earlier in …
Eugene Robinson | Cheney in Winter
Washington - It's pathetic to break a New Year's resolution before we even get to New Year's Day, but here I go. I had promised myself that I would …
The Racial Politics of Avatar
PART I: Avatar is being derided as another “white savior” film. It's deeper than that.
America the Traumatized: How 13 Events of the Decade Made Us the PTSD Nation
The Millennial Decade screwed with our heads and destroyed our national identity. Are we in for a cataclysmic century?
Why Obama Must Continue Releasing Yemenis From Guantánamo
The weekend before Christmas, 12 prisoners were released from Guantánamo. In two previous articles, I told the stories of six of these men - two Somalis and four Afghans, …
Iraq Veteran Finds Sanctuary in Canadian Church
Rodney Watson is one of the bravest and nicest men I have had the pleasure of meeting. He is an African-American from Kansas City, Kansas. He is a very …
Jim Hightower | Six Things to Do in 2010
In my travels, I've heard many cries of despair from you good folks about the timorous Obama presidency. On issue after issue, it's been go-slow and don't-rock-the-corporate boat. "Where's …
Uncle Sam’s Signature
Since the November 29 electoral farce, Honduras's putschist government has been pursuing its work of normalization. No question of behaving like vulgar Pinochets from another era in Chile. The …