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Israel Won’t Change Unless the Status Quo Has a Downside
Uncomfortable at the spectacle of the Obama administration in an open confrontation with the Israeli government, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman — who represents the interests of Prime Minister Benjamin …
Netanyahu: Non-Negotiator or Pragmatist?
As President Obama prepares for his meeting today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a look at Netanyahu's track record on Jerusalem leaves one wondering whether Obama is dealing …
OMB Puts Its Thumb on the Scale Against the Environment
The Office of Management and Budget is proposing to skew the formula used to weigh pending government regulations, reducing the value assigned to potential benefits
Obama Signs Health Care Overhaul Into Law
Following a year of fierce partisan debate that deeply divided Republicans and Democrats, President Barack Obama signed a $940 billion health care bill into law Tuesday that will extend …
Google Departs China: The View From Beijing
Beijing, China - Google has finally made its move, shifting searches from China to Hong Kong more than two months after threatening to quit China over hacking and censorship. …
Britain to Expel Israel Diplomat Over Dubai Assassination
In a rare allegation, Britain accused its ally of forging passports used in January's Dubai assassination of a Hamas operative. The diplomatic fallout could be significant, with Netanyahu – …
Testing Phobia: Texas Set to Possibly Execute Another Innocent Man on Wednesday
The bloody-minded, death-obsessed state of Texas, which has already demonstrably executed at least one innocent man, Cameron Todd Willingham (who was falsely accused and ultimately killed by the state …
Tens of Thousands March on Washington, DC, for Immigration Reform
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Washington, DC, on Sunday to pressure President Obama to work toward reforming the nation's immigration system and giving legal …
Stewart Udall, RIP
I cannot claim to be an expert on Stewart Udall, the Arizona Congressman, conservationist, supporter of environmentalist Casandra Rachel Carson, and interior secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson who …
Are Greedy Water Bottlers Siphoning Your City’s Drinking Water?
It took six years for residents of tiny McCloud, California, to give Nestle Waters North America its walking papers.