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Twenty, 2000 and Two: The Three Aspects of Facebook
The Facebook phenomenon succeeds thanks to three factors. It promises us eternal youth. It virtualizes the Christian faith. It allows us to play at life without getting too beat …
Obama on Iraq: War’s Over … but Not Completely
After $748 billion and seven years President Obama declared the combat phase of the Iraq war over, and said a new phase, one in which US troops take on …
What Obama Won’t Say Tonight
President Barack Obama's aides say his speech this evening marking the end of “combat operations” in Iraq will avoid the vainglorious aspects of President George W. Bush's infamous "Mission …
Military Moms Still Fighting for Complete Withdrawal
Today is the deadline promised by Barack Obama for the complete withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq. After more than seven years of war for a cause most Americans …
Entire US-Mexico Border to Be Guarded by Predator Drones
The entire 2,000-mile US-Mexico border will be monitored by drones starting Wednesday when a new Predator drone begins flying from Corpus Christi, Texas, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said. …
“Between the Fences”: A Review
Periodically, glimpses of life inside American-run detention centers emerge, usually through the efforts of individuals whose names and faces disappear into history, while the gruesome acts they helped uncover …
Can the Democrats’ Ground Game Overcome GOP Fervor?
On the same weekend that Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin addressed thousands of followers on the mall in Washington, DC, with a religiously cloaked Tea Party message to "restore …
Food Crisis Looms After Floods in Pakistan
Washington - The worst floods in Pakistan's history already have swept through the nation's most important breadbasket provinces, destroying cotton and corn crops, vegetables and orchards, and leaving many …
The August Day Plutocracy Would Love Us To Forget
Ex-Presidents almost always follow a small number of well-worn scripts. Some rush to cash in on their celebrity. Some do charitable good deeds. Some just lay low. Exactly one …
US Social Forum to Target Long-Term Progressive Goals (2)
"We are meeting at a moment of world history that is in many ways unique - a moment that is ominous, but also full of hope. The most powerful …