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Guattari’s Relevance
“Les Années d'hiver,” [“Winter Years”] a volume of articles published between the end of the 1970s and the end of the 1980s, constitutes an interesting entrée into Félix Guattari's …
Feeling Nervous? 3,000 Behavior Detection Officers Will Be Watching You at the Airport This Thanksgiving
Nearly 100,000 passengers were pulled aside by TSA behavior watchers last year, and it remains to be proven whether you can spot terrorists by the looks on their faces. …
The Lonely Soldier
How one girl from East L.A. decided to join the military. The following is an excerpt from “The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq” published …
Philippines Massacre: State of Emergency Declared
The Philippines massacre of 46 people on Monday prompts President Gloria Arroyo to declare a state of emergency in the affected province. Is she ready to take on her …
Bill Moyers Journal | Dr. Jane Goodall
Airtime: Friday, November 27, 2009, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings here).
Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan
At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater …
Women
New Delhi - Despite getting suitably politically empowered, women in India continue to lag behind on almost all crucial developmental parametres like education, health and economic participation.
Senate Gears Up for Epic Battle Over Health Care Bill
Now that the Senate voted in favor of beginning debate on a health care reform bill, despite an attempted Republican filibuster and attacks from moderate Democrats, the hard work …
President Obama and the Intelligence Community: An Interim Report Card
President Obama has had nearly a year to make necessary changes in the intelligence community and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). While he has been successful in addressing the …
Obama’s Fifth Category: The “Untriable“
In his talk at the National Archives in May, President Obama referred to five categories of prisoners currently held at Guantanamo Bay. First, there are those who have violated …