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The Third National Climate Assessment – Denial That Limits Needed Action
The Third National Climate Assessment report summarizes the effects of climate change on the US now and in the future.
A Return to the Roots of Mother’s Day as an End to War
A true visionary, Julia Ward Howe saw the end of the practice of going to war as a way to resolve conflict.
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Dear Mr. Buffett: About Those 5,000 Oil-Tanker Cars
What a legacy you'd leave the world, Warren, if such a Center could solve its water shortages while the park next door and the BNSF pays the bills and …
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US Government’s New Plan for Internet IDs Has Scary Implications
While internet activists are distracted with recent attacks on net neutrality, the government is quietly introducing an internet ID program in Pennsylvania and Michigan that - if eventually broadened …
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Henry A. Giroux | Noam Chomsky and the Public Intellectual in Turbulent Times
Noam Chomsky reminds us that caring about other people is a dangerous idea in America today, and he trades in ideas that defy scholastic disciplines and intellectual boundaries, says …
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Does Cliven Bundy Represent the Ugly American?
Our media should identify and shame “Ugly Americans” like Cliven Bundy and his ATV buddies for what they are: the American Taliban.
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Chris Hedges | The Power of Imagination
The prosaic world of facts, data, science, news, technology, business and the military is cut off from the mysteries of creation and existence.
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The Last Lie of an Air Force Academy Cadet
If you do lie, then we beg you to make this your LAST lie. After graduation, you're a commissioned military leader.
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Putin’s Latest Target: Free Speech on the Internet
Writing a blog like this in Russia could get a person arrested if they hadn't first registered with the government.
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Keith Ellison Warns Democrats: Focus on People, Not Fundraising
“Trying to go dollar for dollar with these Republicans is a losing strategy,” Ellison argued.