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Obama’s Failure and Richard Perle’s Whitewashing of the Iraq War
Richard Perle's recent statements indicate intellectual degeneration of a group that had once promised a “new Middle East,” only to destabilize the region with violent consequences.
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How to Leapfrog Carbon
The bottom line is that solar power and other renewable forms of energy are the energy of today and of the future, in both developed and developing nations.
Fire in the Eves to Major Conflagration: It’s High Time to Evaluate Burma’s So-called Democratic Reforms
We need to go back to where all the ladders start, at the rag and bone shop of the heart, at the Human Rights level.
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LA Residents Denounce the Deportation of Migrant Youth
These are children the Obama administration are deporting u2013 children who have learned that talk of American compassion was just a rumor.
US Culpability in the Failure of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
It had originally been hoped that the United States would present a binding framework along the lines of what moderate Israeli and Palestinian political leaders had agreed to in …
The 25th Hour: Still Living With Jack Bauer in a Terrified New American World
Top officials in the Obama administration didn't think it worth the bother to dismantle the elaborate torture system created in the Bush years.
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Why Elections Still Matter, Except When They Don’t
Why bother with an electoral process that's compromised from top to bottom, a maze full of dead ends, trap doors, toll booths, and rules that change at the whim …
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Paul Krugman | The Trouble With Dynasties
What we're really talking about here is the taxation of wealth, and the question is what would happen to that revenue versus what happens if the rich get to …
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A Fracking Boondoggle
The public would pay a heavy price for a $4 billion gas export terminal in Maryland at Cove Point.
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Japan’s Near Miss Shows It’s Time to Say “No” Nukes
The only way for us to guarantee that there won't be any more disasters in both Japan and around the world is abandon nuclear power once and for all.