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Think Tank Advocates Independent Commission on BP Spill, House to Introduce Bill
As attempts to stop the flood of oil in the Gulf of Mexico continues at the rate of 200,000 gallons a day and the full assessment of damage won't …
Kagan in Context: Shafting Progressive Values
If President Obama has his way, Elena Kagan will replace John Paul Stevens - and the Supreme Court will move rightward. The nomination is very disturbing, especially because it's …
Scores Killed in Iraq’s Worst Day of Violence This Year
In what turned into Iraq's worst day of violence this year, scores were killed or wounded Monday in two suicide bombings and nine coordinated attacks on security checkpoints across …
Assassination of US Muslim Cleric Is Illegal, Immoral and Unwise
Agents of the United States are openly trying to assassinate Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen, while he is in hiding in Yemen. Despite what the apologists for …
Pentagon Doubts Grow on McChrystal War Plan
Washington - Although Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's plan for wresting the Afghan provinces of Helmand and Kandahar from the Taliban is still in its early stages of implementation, there …
UK Election Result Still in Doubt As Cameron Negotiates
David Cameron's Conservative Party, which won the most seats in the May 6 UK election, is furiously negotiating with the third-place Liberal Democrats for a coalition government. But the …
Obama Right and Wrong About Arizona Law
Obama was right to criticize Arizona for passing the highly controversial Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhood Act (SB 1070). He was right, too, in underscoring the federal …
Israeli Settlers Step Up Attacks on Palestinian Mosques
Lubban Ash Sharqiya, West Bank - "There is immense anger as well as a feeling of vulnerability and fear when a place of sanctuary and holiness is subject to …
Afghan Peace Meeting Hangs in Balance of Karzai-Obama Visit
If Karzai comes home empty-handed from Washington meeting, he could easily turn Peace Jirga against Americans. Kabul, Afghanistan - As Afghan President Hamid Karzai goes off to Washington for …
Making a Difference Makes You Happy
A series of studies find that activism brings pleasant emotions, greater life satisfaction, and more experiences of freedom, competence, and connection to others. Democracy depends on the time, energy, …