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Two Dots Don’t Make a Political Map
It is the duty of every pundit to be all-knowing on what the recent elections mean for the future of American politics. They may have only three dots to …
New Report Reveals US Indirectly Funding the Taliban
In a last-minute dissent ahead of a critical war cabinet meeting on escalating the Afghan war, US Ambassador Karl Eikenberry has cast doubt on a troop escalation until the …
“Going Rouge” Takes On the Palin Nightmare
Next Tuesday, when Sarah Palin's already-bestselling memoir, “Going Rogue: An American Life,” hits shelves, another much-anticipated look at the Palin phenomenon will also debut: "Going Rouge: Sarah …
Labor Hampered by Votes of Silence
Nothing is more basic to our democratic society than the principle of majority rule. But what if the eligible voters who fail to cast ballots were automatically …
The War Stampede
Disputes are raging within the Obama administration over how to continue the US war effort in Afghanistan. A new leak tells us that Washington's ambassador in Kabul, …
Abortion Amendment May Sink Health Care Bill
The Stupak-Pitts Amendment, barring private and public health insurance plans from offering abortions as part of basic coverage if they accept government subsidies, risks sinking the fragile health bill …
Religion and Economics
This essay was presented to the Claremont Democratic Club, May 8, 2009, but originally prepared for a talk at California State University at Northridge, California. Permission granted by the …
Why Holocaust Denial Is on the Rise in the Arab World
What pushes Arabs to deny the existence of the Holocaust? How and why does Israel continue to instrumentalize the memory of the destruction of European Jewry? What …
A Warming Trend Despite Maine’s Icy Outcome
Maine will go down in the history books as the gay heartbreaker of Election Day 2009: Voters vetoed gay marriage even though it had won the approval of their …
The False Choice
Boston - It was one of those small shocks that come unexpectedly in the wake of a death. Just days after the country had buried Ted Kennedy, Cardinal …