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Arab-Israeli Parliamentarian Fights Death Threats
Ramallah, West Bank - “I stopped counting after I had received 50 death threats. I told my secretary not to tell me about them any more,” Arab-Israeli Knesset (parliament) …
Did Democrats’ Deal With the NRA Kill Campaign Finance Reform?
At issue is a deal brokered by the House Democratic leadership to exempt the powerful National Rifle Association and others from disclosure requirements in a new campaign finance law. …
American Chernobyl
An uncontrollable industrial catastrophe, a worm-eaten system controlled by a rigid nomenklatura, a dynamic leader who wants to change things: doesn't that remind you of something? Yes, of course: …
The Intellectual Situation – Internet as a Social Movement
We love a parade. Up and down Fifth Avenue, voices ring against the burnished buildings. “WE WON! WE WON!” Who won? Won what? “Something to do with the internet,” …
Connie Schultz | It’s Not American To Feel Helpless
When I started to write this column Thursday, the estimated amount of oil that had gushed into the Gulf of Mexico was 40,340,547 gallons. Or maybe it was 235,669,211 …
Why Wall Street’s Generous to New Democrats in House
Washington - Members of the powerful New Democrat Coalition in the House of Representatives are among the top Democratic recipients of Wall Street campaign money this election cycle — …
Who Is Bob Dudley? Five Things to Know About BP’s New Point Man
BP's managing director Bob Dudley will have day-to-day responsibility for managing the company's oil spill response in the Gulf of Mexico. Will he do any better at battling the …
The Hangings for Which They Can Hardly Wait
India's far right has found its holy cause for the immediate future: the hanging of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab and Mohammad Afzal also known as Afzal Guru. The political …
Michael Winship | Miley, We Hardly Knew Ye
Amid all the news of petrochemical malfeasance in the Gulf - and thank you Rep. Joe Barton, pride of Texas, for your apology to BP, demonstrating everything that's wrong …
Obey’s Afghanistan: At Long Last, It’s Guns vs. Butter
One of the many destructive legacies of the Reagan Era was the effective Washington consensus that wars and other military spending exist on their own fiscal planet.