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China’s Policies Do Matter
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) I thought I should offer a brief note about one of the arguments people make against the government’s …
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Women Seek to Set Their Stamp
Tunis - Nine months after a popular election toppled the dictatorship of former Tunisian president Zine Abidine Ben Ali, voters headed to the polls Sunday to cast their ballots …
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53 Bodies Found in Libya Raise More Questions about Fighters
Fifty-three bodies discovered over the weekend were those of loyalists of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi who appeared to have been executed after capture, the latest in a string …
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The Teachers’ Union Hypothesis
For the past couple of months, Steve Brill’s new book has served to step up the eternally-beneath-the-surface hypothesis that teachers’ unions are the primary obstacle to improving educational outcomes …
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Calling Out Corrupt Practices
Washington, D.C. - Opaque shell companies, foundations and trusts are the modus operandi of corrupt organisations looking to hide significant sums of money, often just by using existing loopholes …
Occupy Wall Street Draws Collective Yawn in Latin America
New York - It’s a paradox that the only foreign-language kiosk set-up in Zuccotti Park, the site that has been “occupied” by Occupy Wall Street is for Spanish-language information, …
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Can the Power of Occupy Wall Street Make Obama a Populist?
It's been a little over a month since this bolt of political lightning known as Occupy Wall Street jolted through the political establishment. It's time to assess just what …
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Woolsey and Payne Coddle Dictator in Bahrain
Folks who claim that it doesn't matter who we elect to represent us in the House of Representatives or how we press them once they get there should be …
Occupy Writers: A Mirror of and a Stimulant for the Occupy Movement
"I love the Occupy Wall Street Library," Jeff Sharlet tells me. He is the best selling author of "The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power" …
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Republicans Say, Tax Poor, Not the 1 Percent
Texas Gov. Rick Perry this week will try to revive his flagging presidential campaign by embracing an old conservative fancy — the flat tax, while calling for “scrapping the …