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Op-Ed
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Remembering Robin Williams
“What a loss. Not only a brilliant, unique comic talent, political satirist and actor but also a deeply caring and motivated activist. A mensch for sure.”
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Advice for “Meet the Press“
Instead of asking the same old beltway regulars the same old questions, and relying on boring panels, “Meet The Press” should be talking to experts on the issues.
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The Rear-Guard Defense of Torture
Top CIA lawyer honored ... now squirming.
The “Habit Helpers” of America’s Warring and Spying
America was born with a musket in one hand and a spy glass in the other, and she has never let go of them.
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Foreign Policy in Blunderland
It was my last day at the Department of State when - already perhaps a few sheets to the wind from some private celebrating - I saw the White …
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Global Coalition of Access to Research, Science and Education Organizations Calls on STM to Withdraw New Model Licenses
Let us work together towards a world where the whole sum of human knowledge, both that from within academia and that from without, is accessible, usable, reusable and interoperable.
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Losing Inquiry in the Public Sphere
The Age of WikiLeaks has brought with it a flourishing of technocratic dilemmas.
Why Talk Shows Are a Threat to US Democracy
Nobody expects political TV show hosts like Mr. Hannity to come up with elaborate peace plans on their programs. But their viewers ought to get their share of informative …
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Fracked on Their Own Petard: The Self-Implosion of an Industry on the Ropes
As Denton seeks to become the first city in Texas to ban fracking, the industry is trying to frame the fight in economic terms. But that turns out to …
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Dean Baker | The Entitlement of the Very Rich
Last week we got to see the thinking of the very rich when Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, complained at a summit that there is even an …