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BP’s Scheme to Swindle the “Small People“
Gulf Coast fishermen and others with lost income claims against BP are outraged by a recent announcement that the $20 billion government-administered claim fund will subtract money they earn …
Jim Boyce | Essentials of Smart Climate Policy
In one of the more memorable moments of the 2008 presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama explained why he rejected John McCain's call to postpone their September debate in Oxford, …
Amiri Told CIA Iran Has No Nuclear Bomb Program
Washington - Contrary to a news media narrative that Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri has provided intelligence on covert Iranian nuclear weapons work, CIA sources familiar with the Amiri case …
Spies, Lies and Bye-Byes
The Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri has returned to Tehran, and immediately the critics are accusing the Central Intelligence Agency of mishandling the situation. Was Amiri an Iranian plant? Was …
Animal Rights Activists Win Dissent Victory
Police reports state that on October 21, 2007, a group of about 20 people trespassed onto the front lawn of the home of a Berkeley professor involved in bio-medical …
Downsizing Higher Education: Disciplinarity at the Expense of Interdisciplinarity?
At a time in our world history when more people, not fewer, are needed who have both an acute awareness of the implications of globalization and a capacity to …
Obama Blasts GOP Over Blocking of Jobless Benefits
Washington - President Barack Obama on Monday escalated his attacks on Republicans, blasting them for opposing an extension of benefits for the out-of-work while pushing tax cuts for the …
Despite 54 Percent for Afghan Exit, Petraeus Move Could Nix Peace Talks
The majority of Americans want the Obama administration to establish a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, CBS News reports. Fifty-Four percent think the US should …
Kids, Condoms, Controversy
Pregnancy-related deaths are the leading cause of mortality for girls aged 15 to 19 worldwide. A few weeks ago, a tiny resort community on the tip of Cape Cod …
Nick Mottern | Sit Down and Shut Up
For more than a year, I participated in the Bloggers Roundtable, a Pentagon conference-call forum in which internet reporters ask questions of military personnel and civilians involved in the …