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The Mythical Concept of Trade War
As Americans ponder how to get the US out of its current trade mess, we are constantly warned to do nothing - like impose a tariff to neutralize Chinese …
Froma Harrop | “Doing Better” Than One’s Parents
If the new federal program to help homeowners pay their mortgage bugs you, read a Wall Street Journal article titled, “Bank of Mom and Dad Shuts Amid White-Collar Struggle.” …
The Governor and the Death Penalty
Governor Rendell has a historic opportunity to honor a campaign pledge and put a stop to Pennsylvania's archaic, ineffective and profoundly cruel and unfair death penalty. Daylin Leach, a …
Al-Qaeda Kills Dozens in Multiple Attacks in Baghdad
Al Qaeda is blamed for a series of attacks Tuesday in Baghdad. Insurgents, who have killed more than 100 in the past week, seek to exploit the delay in …
Medicine Means Sometimes Having to Say You Are Sorry
As medical malpractice sticks in the craw of the American health reform debate draining some of the denial out of the process picks up steam.
The Invisible Ward 8
Washington - After President Obama and his family attended Easter services in the poorest, blackest, most crime-ridden quadrant of Washington, his 22-car motorcade sped back across the Anacostia River …
The Market Colonization of Intellectuals
In many forums over the past decade, public intellectuals seem unable to talk about pressing social issues without performing the equivalent of an academic literature review. Although reasons range …
The Creed of Objectivity and The New York Times
Many have recently questioned just how objective The New York Times' correspondent in Israel and Palestine, Ethan Bronner, can be when he has a son serving in the Israel …
Fighting Illegal Advertising With the Rule of Law
Rami Tabello, the guy behind the anti-billboard organization Illegal Signs in Toronto, Ontario, is the kind of laid-back dude who updates his social networking status with "is getting ready …
Wikileaks Releases Video Depicting US Forces Killing Two Reuters Journalists in Iraq
A video released on the Internet Monday by WikiLeaks, a small nonprofit dedicated to publishing classified information from the US and other governments, appears to show the killing of …