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Afghanistan Chronicles, Part 6: Near Ground Zero and in Af-Pak Region, Two Labyrinths
The endless war on terror in South Asia - with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, the United States, Great Britain, Russia, India, France, Germany, Spain, all players - must seem …
Creating the Muslim Manchurian Candidate: The Right Wing’s Election-Year Islamophobia
Those who fervently believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim generally practice their furtive religion in obscure recesses of the Internet. Once in a while, they’ll surface in public …
War With Iran? Sen. Rand Paul Calls the Question
Before we have a war with Iran, shouldn't the Senate and the House have at least one debate and vote on it? Isn't that what the Constitution demands? Isn't …
UPDATED: Why the Huffington Post Needs to Immediately Retract Mark Benjamin’s Afghanistan Massacre Report
A March 25 article by Mark Benjamin at The Huffington Post seriously misled readers about a link between the controversial antimalarial drug mefloquine and the mass murder in Afghanistan …
Glorifying the Fetus While Ignoring the Fetal Environment
Abortion opponents long ago slapped their brand on the fetus, parading giant graphic images of fetuses in marches and now calling for laws mandating pictures of fetuses inside a …
Three Killings
The note left next to the bloodied body of Shaima Alawadi read “go back to your country, you terrorist.” Alawadi, who died on Saturday after being taken off life …
CEO Pay: Money Well Earned?
The 21st century has been a terrible century so far for US stock markets. Adjusted for inflation, all major stock market indices (Dow Jones, S&P 500, NASDAQ, Russell 3000) …
Is There More to Sen. Snowe’s Resignation Than Congress’s “Crumbling Center”?
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) during a television interview in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 29, 2012. (Photo: Luke Sharrett / The New York …
Can Health Care Win by Losing at Highest Court?
A police officer stands guard as protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, March 27, 2012. The Supreme Court heard arguments on the individual mandate Tuesday, the central …
Voter Suppression in 2012, Past Is Prologue
After years of struggle in the courts, legislatures and the streets, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ... Today, this ugly part of America's past …