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WATCH LIVE: Elena Kagan Supreme Court Confirmation Day Two
Live coverage of the Senate confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan's appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States. If you have trouble with the stream, please refresh the …
Facebook and Muslim Outrage: Gleaning the Wrong Lesson, Again
“Any depictions of the prophet are considered blasphemous by Muslims,” wrote Agencies, as reported readily by Aljazeera.net English. The above statement is meant to fully summarize the reason behind …
Sowing Traditional Knowledge
Indigenous people and peasants have detailed knowledge of nature. Their religion is a spiritual form of farming - pleading to the gods to bring them a good harvest. Their …
BP in the Gulf – the Persian Gulf
To frustrated Americans who have begun boycotting BP: Welcome to the club. It's great not to be the only member any more! Does boycotting BP really make sense? …
General Petraeus Hearing to Put Afghanistan War, Not Him, in Hot Seat
Kabul, Afghanistan - Gen. David Petraeus’s confirmation as the new commander for the Afghanistan war is virtually assured at the Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday, but not before he takes …
BP Killing Endangered Sea Turtles in “Burn Fields” (Video)
Editor's Note: On Friday, the Obama administration confirmed that endangered sea turtles and other marine animals were being burnt alive in BP's “burn fields.” The Guardian UK reports that …
Outsourcing Security: Defense Manufacturing Goes the Way of the Automobile
From the microchips that fly F-16s and activate nuclear warheads, all the way down to the lowly (but deadly) bullet, more and more US military weapons are being made …
California Water Wars Rage On
Activists square off against legislature over AB 2775 Representatives of the No on the Water Bond Coalition slammed California's AB 2775, an alleged “fix” of the Safe, Clean, …
Australia’s New PM Called On to Tackle Climate Change
Melbourne - Australia’s newly appointed prime minister, Julia Gillard, has hardly warmed her seat, yet she has already been urged to take action on climate change. "We call on …
On the Death of My Grandfather, Solidarity and Hope
This month, on the Tuesday evening of the 15th, my grandfather George Elk died at 92. My grandfather was born in 1918 on the Lower East side of New …