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Don’t Let Dirty Drilling Frack Up New York’s Clean Water
Everyone is talking about Natural Gas, our newest greenest most homegrown and secure source of American Energy.... NOT! "Clean" "Natural" Gas is neither.
Classified Documents Reveal Unfiltered and Unreported Details of Afghan War, and More
Afghanistan From the Classified Documents' Perspective
Khmer Rouge Executioner Found Guilty, but Cambodians Say Sentence Too Light
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - In the first verdict at the UN-backed war crimes tribunal, the Khmer Rouge’s chief executioner has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against …
Ashrawi: Pressure Without Progress Could Lead to the Political Suicide of the Palestinian National Leadership
On my weekly television show "Viewpoint With James Zogby," I hosted PLO Executive Committee member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi to critique the July 6 White House meeting between President Obama …
“R“Oil Indignation
The British are upset with the United States. That's not too unusual. There was this revolution thing a couple of centuries ago. But America's Number 1 ally is upset …
Dean Baker | The Budget Deficit Chicken Hawks
Most people are familiar with the concept of "chicken hawks." Chicken hawks are the politicians who are anxious to send other people to risk their lives in war, but …
Clean Energy and the US Handicap: One Man’s Story
On-again, off-again federal support cripples emerging industries in the United States, America’s pre-eminent wind energy pioneer believes.
UN Chief Defends Against Attack on Leadership
United Nations - A sharp-witted newspaper columnist once remarked that in Washington DC, the ship of state always leaks at the top. The United Nations is perhaps no better …
John McCain: “We Already Won That One“
On July 15, I attended a reception in Washington, DC, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the normalization of relations between the United States and Vietnam. Geoff Millard and …
Stop Hyperventilating: Obama Will Not Choose War With Iran
In September 2007, before the release of the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, I wrote an article for Salon titled "Why Bush Won't Bomb Iran." At the time, …