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Hubris: Techoil, Techweapons
As I write, a plume of crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon explosion is moving toward Cuba, our purported enemy - but an enemy surrounded by the healthiest coral …
“The Lost Soul of Higher Education: Corporatization, the Assault on Academic Freedom and the End of the American University“
Ellen Schrecker, a history professor at New York City's Yeshiva University, starts “The Lost Soul of Higher Education” with a blunt assessment: "In reacting to the economic insecurities of …
Taliban Attacks Two Muslim-Minority Mosques in Pakistan
Lahore, Pakistan - Gunmen stormed two separate mosques in the eastern city of Lahore during Friday prayers, killing at least 80 worshippers of the minority Ahmadi sect. The Pakistan …
Eighteen Senators Back Timetable for Afghanistan Withdrawal
On Thursday, 18 senators voted for Senator Feingold's amendment to the war supplemental requiring the president to establish a timetable for the redeployment of US military forces from Afghanistan. …
News in Brief: Senate Approves $60 Billion War Funding and More …
The Senate has approved continued funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan amounting to $60 billion, reported Democracy Now!. This will include full funding for the 33,000 additional …
Truth Spill: Gulf Disaster Brings Home the Real Costs of Fossil Fuels
“An upside-down faucet, just open and running out.” That’s how an oil-spill expert at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute describes the massive release of crude oil into the Gulf …
Case for a Moral Imperative
Washington - In June of 1969, the stretch of the Cuyahoga River that runs through Cleveland was so polluted that it caught fire. Time magazine described the Cuyahoga this …
Walter Reuther: An Extraordinarily Good Man
It was 40 years ago this month that Walter Reuther died in a plane crash. Forty years. Yet, the auto workers leader remains an important inspirational figure - a …
Welcome to Arizona: “It’s a Dry Hate …“
First, it was legally-sanctioned racial profiling, with a touch of totalitarian “Show me your papers” thrown in for good measure (SB 1070). Next, we were delivered a new law …
Alexander Cockburn | Vietnam MIAs: Ghosts Return to Haunt McCain
The ghosts that haunt Sen. John McCain are about 600 in number and right now, they are mustering for a final onslaught. McCain, one of America's foremost Republicans and …