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I Woke Up One Morning and the War Was Over
America’s war in Iraq is over. The last U.S. troops will leave by year’s end, “with their heads held high, proud of their success and knowing that the American …
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Citizens of Nowhere
Washington - When Mona Kareem, a member of the Bidoun population of Kuwait, was 11 years old, a neighbour Kuwaiti woman asked her where she was from. When Kareem …
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Climate Change Just Got Hotter
Washington - For the clueless or cynical diehards who deny global warming, it's getting awfully cold out there. The latest icy blast of reality comes from an …
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Defining Politics Downward
Washington - Rick Perry should have backed off. Instead, he doubled down, and in a way that was doubly illuminating — about Perry himself and the degraded state of …
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Ruling Military Council Intensifies Media Clampdown in Egypt
The media clampdown in Egypt is worsening. Over the past six weeks, the ruling military council has censored the press, raided news organizations, shut down broadcasts and intimidated journalists. …
Maynelining with Stephen
But despite Mr Rupert Murdoch’s recent curious performance at Britain’s Parliamentary enquiry, that implied the leadership of News Corp may not be suitable country for old men, the ASA …
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Did Obama Engage as US-Iraqi Troop Talks Faltered?
Baghdad - Throughout the summer and autumn, as talks on a continued U.S. military presence in Iraq foundered, President Barack Obama and his point man on Iraq, Vice President …
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In Defense of Hippies
Progressives and mainstream Democratic pundits disagree with each other about many issues at the heart of the Occupy Wall Street protests, but with few exceptions they are joined in …
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Pet Theft Up Fifty Percent Since Last Year: Evidence of a Downed Economy or Utter Depravity?
Stolen somewhere in New Jersey, a pitbull mix and a bulldog were found in a Newark cemetery tied to headstones, badly hurt, their faces and throats slashed with boxcutters. …
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“We the People,” Not “We the Corporations“
A year from now, Americans will be caught in an unprecedented blizzard of presidential campaign ads. We'll be blinded by the whiteout and buried in the storm's negativity. …