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Killing Bin Laden Will Not Make America Safer
Soon after the killing of Osama bin Laden hit the news, thousands of Americans were celebrating outside the White House and at Ground Zero in New York. Arab experts …
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Jihadi Butch Cassidy
We have, once again, played right into Osama bin Laden's hands. This might seem like an odd assertion, since the al-Qaeda mastermind is finally dead at the hands of …
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We Killed Osama bin Laden, Now Let’s Kill the Myth
The United States is jubilant over the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. However, it will be some time before history catches up with the mythology that arose …
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Obama Administration Plans Corporate Tax Cut in Year of Record Profits
President Barack Obama reviews his fiscal policy speech with advisers in the Oval Office, April 13, 2011. Pictured, from left, are: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; National Economic Council Director …
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The “American Hooliganism” on Which China and Russia Rely
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Vladimir Putin thinks we’re hooligans. Remarking on monetary policy in the United States, the Russian prime …
Youth in a Suspect Society: Coming of Age in an Era of Disposability
We are losing the very idea of the public good, the notion of connecting learning to social change.
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Rumsfeld Flip-Flops: Now Says Harsh Interrogation of Detainees Was “Critically Important” in Bin Laden’s Death
Last night on Fox News' Sean Hannity Show, former Bush Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld backtracked on a previous statement he made about the use of information gained from …
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Reflections on May Day Celebrations
Taksim Square. (Photo: Mario Cardona)
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Cinco de Mayo Battle: A Great Victory
On May 5, 1862, Mexican troops defeated invading French troops in the outskirts of Puebla, a city around 60 miles east of Mexico City. How did events come to …
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Death of Osama bin Laden Makes Peace Groups Ask: “What’s Next?“
For Gizella Czene of Van Nuys, California, the celebratory tone surrounding Osama bin Laden's death was eerily reminiscent of the immediate days following 9/11, when, as she put it, …