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Obama: Bad Economy Helped Raise Anger at Muslims, Islam
Washington - President Barack Obama said Friday that he thought the nation’s economic crisis had claimed a role in hardening many Americans' suspicions about Islam. As the nation marks …
Pakistan Floodwaters Subside as a Tide of Allegation Rises
Muzaffargarh, Pakistan - One of the most flood-ravaged districts of Pakistan would not be under water today if flood management recommendations had not been overruled at the last moment …
Why Peaceniks Should Care About the Afghanistan Study Group Report
There is a tradition among some peace activists of striking a pose of annoyed indifference to the question of how to get out of an unpopular war. "There are …
The Self-Inflicted Wounds of 9/11
The attacks on Washington and New York City nine years ago extracted a terrible price in terms of blood and treasure. Unfortunately, the adverse US reaction to 9/11 has …
Obama: GOP’s Policies Made a “Mess” of Economy
Washington - With his Democratic Party facing the prospect of huge congressional losses in November, President Barack Obama tried Friday to draw sharp distinctions between Republicans and Democrats, arguing …
Obama on the Economy
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Since That Day
I moved into a new apartment last week, and I've since noticed that when there are low clouds in the sky, the airplanes out of Logan fly low over …
Why Millions March in France, but Not in the US
The basic issue is the same there and here. Capitalism generates another of its regular, periodic crises, only this one is really bad. It begins, as often happens, in …
Greg Grandin: Corporations, Cartels and History
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Backlash in the Age of Obama
Chapter One: The Cassandra of Lower Delaware At approximately 11 a.m. on June 30, 2009, inside a senior citizens’ center in the rustic rural county seat of Georgetown, Delaware, …