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Arrogance and Authority
(Photo: MiiiSH) Washington, DC - It is increasingly common to hear prominent American and European central bankers proclaim, with respect to the crisis of 2008-2010, the following …
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“Pedagogism”: Prejudice and Hatred Directed at Teachers
Though it has been endemic in this country for a number of years, prejudice against and hatred of teachers, or what I term “pedagogism,” has increased to a level …
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David Petraeus, A Threat to CIA Analysis
The news that President Barack Obama has picked Gen. David Petraeus to be CIA director raises troubling questions, including whether the commander most associated with the wars in Iraq …
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Haiti, a Nation in Fragments, Faces the Future
Marie Nicoles Meus with her four-month-old daughter, Jousely Pierre, in the doorway of a mud-walled hut she shares with another family in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, April 8, 2011. Meus and …
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Why Churchill Matters
(Image: Henry Holt and Co.) “Churchill's Empire: The World That Made Him And The World He Made” Richard Toye Henry Holt, New York (2010) $32 …
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Decision 2012: Urgent and Unsaid
We have often honored election traditions in American politics. This is particularly true of those election cycles that fall every four years when The Congress and White House are …
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“Wild Law” Would Codify Nature as Subject, Not Object
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The Undead Chicken
Muammar Gaddafi is the undead chicken. Bashar al-Assad of Syria and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain are the unscared monkeys. The United States has …
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3rd Circuit Appeal Ruling Favoring Abu-Jamal Smacks Down US Supreme Court
The federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, in a stunning smack at the US Supreme Court, has issued a ruling upholding its earlier decision backing a new …
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Chief Offshore Drilling Regulator Criticizes Lack of Oversight for Contractors
The top regulator of offshore drilling said this week that his agency is exploring expanding its oversight to include thousands of contractors on offshore rigs. The majority of offshore …