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Tepco, Security Sacrificed on the Altar of Profit
Translated and review by Henry Crapo, on Wednesday 16 March 2011. Since 2003, the big Japanese private group aimed at “reduction of costs of maintenance” in order to render …

America and Nuclear: Obama
With the nuclear crisis in Japan, suddenly the safety of nuclear energy is of interest everywhere. What will the United States do under Obama? If forgotten history is …

The Evolution Has Come: Time to Put Down the Gun
The top of the news queue a few weeks ago almost went unnoticed in its ordinariness: “Gunman shoots 4 officers inside Detroit precinct,” and "Walmart shooting leaves 2 dead, …

Obama Veto of Peace Process Resolution Rejects International Law
The US veto of a mildly worded United Nations Security Council resolution supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and reiterating the illegality of Israeli settlements in occupied territories leaves little …

Two Ghouls
I've spent the last few days walking around my quiet little Boston neighborhood looking at the houses, the cars, the shops, the trees. I look at my wife, my …

NPR: The Saga Continues
There’s no more scrupulous or versatile broadcast journalist than NPR’s Daniel Zwerdling. He is one of those reporters who keeps his eye on the sparrow – that is, on …

Arab Uprisings Cast Harsh Light on CIA Relationships
WASHINGTON — There once was no American institution more hostile to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s pariah government than the Central Intelligence Agency, which had lost its deputy Beirut station chief …

Who Is Bankrolling A Lawsuit To End The Ban On Foreign Money In U.S. Elections?
When President Obama warned that the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision “will open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our …

The UN Security Council Has Not Authorized Regime Change in Libya
It's a great thing that the Obama administration has resisted calls for unilateral US military action in Libya, and instead is working through the United Nations Security Council, as …

Obama Warns Libya on Allied Action
Washington - President Obama ordered Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi on Friday to implement a cease-fire immediately and stop all attacks on Libyan civilians or face military action from the United …