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Rabbits and Red Butte
Surviving the high desert nights of eastern Oregon for the Northern Paiute (Wada-Tika) people required that each member of the tribe own a rabbit blanket to keep them warm. …

Part III: Obama Continues Bush’s Iran Policy
Also See: Part I: Obama Continues Bush's Iran Policy Also See: Part II: Obama Continues Bush's Iran Policy

Interregnum
Sovereignty nowadays is, so to speak, underdefined and contentious, porous and poorly defensible, unanchored and free-floating.

Part II: Obama Continues Bush’s Iran Policy
Also See: Part I: Obama Continues Bush's Iran Policy The Coming War Against Iran The battle against Iran has already begun. War is only one phase of this process …

Despite US Pressure, Beijing Stands Firm in Currency Spat
Beijing - China may be under international pressure, especially from the United States, over the valuation of its currency, but is unlikely to back down in the short term …

Leslie Thatcher | Haunted
Going Through Ghosts By Mary Sojourner University of Nevada Press, 2009 Reviewer's disclaimer: Nothing I write about Mary Sojourner's work may be considered “objective.” Mary has been my …

Wittes, Goldsmith and KSM: “Absurd,” “Cynical“
It's been a few days now since Benjamin Wittes and Jack Goldsmith wrote their op-ed in The Washington Post calling the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed “dispensable” and proffering …

Obama Tries Again to Stem Home Foreclosures
The Obama administration on Friday unveiled new programs to help 3 million to 4 million distressed borrowers avoid home foreclosures. By one count, 11 million borrowers now owe more …

EPA Proposes Blocking West Virginia Mountaintop Mine
Washington - The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed to halt the largest mountaintop mine in Central Appalachia, saying the project would pollute drinking water and harm wildlife in …

New Millennium, Same Old Backlash?
From the climate of angry machismo that accompanied the drive toward the Iraq war, to the Bush-led campaign against contraception and abortion that has overflowed into the current Congress, …