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Changes in Gratitude: Eternal Thanks for a Nonviolent Future
Let’s be honest about this: the world has been coming apart at the seams, and we’ve been far too complacent about it. Sure, many of us are well aware …
How to Avoid Gobbling Your Way Through the Holidays
Tomorrow marks the day that, as a nation, we put aside our usual habits and begin a weeks-long push to eat, buy, and generally consume as much as possible …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | The Thanksgiving Wars? Just Say No
Washington - Happy Thanksgiving. That is not a political sentiment. Yet this year, everything seems partisan and even this most unifying of national holidays has become an occasion for …
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An Overeager Petraeus Ignored Danger Signs on Taliban Imposter
Washington - The revelation that the man presumed to be a high-ranking Taliban leader who had met with top Afghan officials was an imposter sheds new light on Gen. …
A Not-So-Happy Thanksgiving
"I remember another time when someone was driving by and the man in the vehicle had done nothing, but the Bradley shot him anyway. I can still hear the …
Jim Hightower | Giving Thanks to Citizens and Grass-Roots Progressives
This Thanksgiving, even progressive Americans can find plenty of progress for which we can be grateful. Let's start with the Girl Scouts of America. When news broke that the …
NATO’s Nuclear Doctrines: Omnicidal Weapons and “Vassal States“
Remarks presented at the No NATO/No War Counter-Summit in Lisbon, Portugal November 19, 2010.
Cranks Resist Security at Airports – and in the Senate
To paraphrase that cult movie classic, “Eating Raoul,” frisk me, pat me down, make me write bad checks. If it keeps my flight from falling out of the sky, …
Blueprint for a One-State Movement
An excerpt from Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians, by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé, edited by Frank Barat The demise of the Oslo Accord …