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Ruth Marcus | “Help” for a Distorted Lens
Washington - It's too bad for Haley Barbour that he's not in my book group. Sure, the Mississippi governor and potential presidential candidate might feel a little …

Why Rape: Linguistic Currency, Nationalist Politics
Progressive journalists and activists have decried as bogus the warrant issued through Interpol for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's arrest on the charge of “sex crimes” committed in Sweden. As …

Obama More Tightfisted With Clemencies Than Bush
Earlier this year, President Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act, reforming the draconian 100-to-1 disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences. During the panic and hysteria around drugs and …

Sarkozy’s India Visit: The Nuclear Fallout
India is readying to get the first lot of nuclear reactors, for which the famous US-India nuclear deal paved the way. But it is not getting them from any …

FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rules, but Reform Groups Unsatisfied
In a 3-2 vote Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved net neutrality regulations that will ensure cable companies provide consumers with equal access to legal web sites and …

Obama Wins: Senate’s 67-28 START Vote Ensures Ratification
Washington - Senate approval of the U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty was assured Tuesday as enough Republicans joined Democrats in a test vote to put President Barack Obama on the …

Year in Review Part One

WikiLeaks: US Ambassador Planned “Retaliation” Against France Over Ban on Monsanto Corn
The former United States ambassador to France suggested “moving to retaliation” against France and the European Union (EU) in late 2007 to fight a French ban on Monsanto's genetically …

Froma Harrop | Can We Break the China Habit?
It's been tough watching fellow shoppers fill their carts with Chinese imports as the People's Republic stomps on American interests and values. At WalMart, Bed Bath & Beyond and …

John Feffer | South Korea: Seeking Reunification by Live Fire?
If you look closely at the AP photograph of the South Korean marines conducting a drill on Yeonpyoeong island, you can see that their yellow headbands read tongil. That's …