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No Agreement Is Better Than a Bad Agreement
The Doha Development Round (DDR) negotiations at the WTO have reached a deadlock. Various views have been expressed on the issue in the media (including in CUTS-Trade Forum). Some …
Murdoch Loses: Court Strikes Down FCC’s Attempt to Relax Media Ownership Rules
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Something to Squawk About
Washington - Washington has many lazy habits, and one of the worst is a reflexive tendency to see equivalence where none exists. Hence the nonsense, being peddled by politicians …
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Global Markets Tumble on Continued Worries Over Europe’s Debt Crisis
Financial and energy companies took a beating on Wall Street on Monday as stocks in the United States followed global markets lower on concerns about the euro zone debt …
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End Trickle-Down Economics to Pay Off Debt
President Obama has given speech after speech calling on Congress to reduce tax breaks for the wealthy to balance the budget. When President Clinton left office, the budget had …
By Torpedoing the Gaza Flotilla, Israel Sunk Its Own Ship
Armed authorities with the Greek Coast Guard approach the American boat, “The Audacity of Hope,” which planned to be part of the international flotilla to Gaza, with orders for …
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University Professors in Egypt Stage Open Sit-in, Call for Reform
Hundreds of university professors are staging a sit-in at over a dozen campuses across Egypt to call for the ousting of university administration officials appointed by the former Mubarak …
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War Without Humans: Modern Blood Rites Revisited
For a book about the all-too-human “passions of war,” my 1997 work Blood Rites ended on a strangely inhuman note: I suggested that, whatever distinctly human qualities war calls …
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Bring Our Troops Home: The Afghan War Is Over
At long last, America's overdue withdrawal from Afghanistan has begun. “The tide of war is receding,” President Barack Obama declared as he announced that 10,000 troops would come home …
Budget Blowhards: Why the Budget Debate Is Destined to Become Ever More Painful
Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich talks on the phone before speaking at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 3, 2010. (Photo: Yana Paskova / The New …