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This Thriller Is Both a Joke and No Laughing Matter
Our spymaster-in-chief wants to deny the media the freedom to report on Big Brother's surveillance.
The Backroom Deal That Could’ve Given Us Single-Payer
A quick look at the financial details reveals that health insurance nationalization was always the real “path of least resistance.”
Israel: Legitimacy and Behavior – an Analysis
In the end just existing will not confer legitimacy on Israel, just as merely being a living person does not confer a normal status in society to a criminal.
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As Olympic Winter Games Near, Russian LGBT Activists Speak Out Against Anti-Gay Laws
Gay rights activists from around the world are using the Olympics to put a spotlight on Russia's new law criminalizing the so-called “promotion of homosexuality.”
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Mandela and Arafat
In late February of 1990, just two weeks after being released from prison, Nelson Mandela met with Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasir Arafat.
The Secret History of How Cuba Helped End Apartheid in South Africa
Historian Piero Gleijeses argues that it was Cuba's victory in Angola in 1988 that forced Pretoria to set Namibia free and helped break the back of apartheid South Africa.
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American Essentialism
The choice of heaven [or hell] is shown in the conduct of men. — Chinese Proverbt
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ALEC’s “Institutional Corruption,” From Backing Apartheid to Assault on Clean Energy, Public Sector
ALEC has reportedly drafted a number of new bills designed to prevent President Obama from cutting emissions, and to weaken state policies promoting clean energy.
TransCanada Begins Injecting Oil Into Southern Leg of Keystone XL Despite Reported Anomalies
TransCanada has begun startup processes on the southern half of the Keystone XL pipeline despite numerous problems.
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US Economy
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