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No “Hamas Exception” for Human Rights: A Reply to the American Jewish Committee
Hamas policemen guard a street corner in Gaza City, on June 27, 2010. (Photo: Shawn Baldwin / The New York Times) Following my post about my …
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Debunking the Top Seven Myths on Iran’s Middle East Policies
(Photo: A. Davey / Flickr) This evening, I listened to the radio program Tehran Rising produced by America Abroad—a program distributed by Public Radio International—and I must …
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California Internet Privacy Bill Faces Big Opposition
Sen. Ellen Corbett (D-California). (Photo: dsleeter_2000 / Flickr) Internet behemoths Facebook, Google, Skype, and Twitter have joined forces to oppose an online privacy bill in California that …
FBI Lab Reports on Anthrax Suggest Another Miscue
Washington - Buried in FBI laboratory reports about the anthrax mail attacks that killed five people in 2001 is data suggesting that a chemical may have been added to …
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Netanyahu Rejects Obama Proposal on Pre-1967 Borders
WAashington - U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an extended meeting Friday amid controversy over Obama's call for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians …
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Yup, Still Here
(Photo: Thomas Hawk / Flickr) A few weeks ago, my wife and I took a drive to visit friends and family in her small hometown out in …
Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire: Why the FBI Needs New Leadership
Robert Mueller, director of the FBI, at a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 2, 2006. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times)
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99ers and the Long-term Unemployed Are the Elephants in the Economic Recovery Room
The April 2011 BLS employment report showed a gain of 244,000 jobs, which was trumpeted by the Obama administration and the mainstream media as a continuation of a rapidly improving jobs …
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NYT’s Sorkin Hasn’t Heard of the People’s Budget
New York Times business reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin wrote a piece on Sunday (5/15/11) that tried to advance the argument that $250,000 actually isn't that much money to make …