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McChrystal Strategy Shifts to Raids – and Wali Karzai
Washington - Gen. Stanley McChrystal's team once talked openly about the need to remove Ahmed Wali Karzai, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother and the most powerful man in Kandahar, …
How Bad Is Gulf Oil Spill? A Global Q&A on Offshore Oil Spills
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has put a spotlight on the dangerous world of offshore oil drilling. With a well spewing thousands of barrels of crude (estimates range from …
Spaceship Earth: Navigators Wanted
Forty-one years ago, Buckminster Fuller published his “Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth: A Bold Blueprint for Survival that Diagnoses the Causes of the Environmental Crisis.” In it, he claimed …
Rep Alan Grayson Introduces the War Is Making You Poor Act
Rep. Alan Grayson Introduces the War Is Making You Poor Act (Video)
When the Leaders Lead, the People Have Sorrow
Many are familiar with the adage, “When the people lead, the leaders will follow.” But what happens when people enable leaders to follow the dictates of the powerful? These …
Two Stories, One Truth
My morning routine has been a standardized thing for many years now. I roll out of bed, turn on “Sportscenter” in the living room, get the coffee going in …
Saving Energy Means Getting the South on Board
Coal-fueled region uses more energy per capita and pays less for it than the U.S. overall. Twelve of the 16 Southern states rank in the bottom half of the …
Washington Food Fight Pits Big Producers Against Local Farms
Washington - There's a food fight under way between Capitol Hill and the Agriculture Department, and it's about small potatoes. Organic small potatoes. Big ones, too, as well as …
Eugene Robinson | Give Some Answers, Dr. Paul
Washington - Not so fast, everybody. Rand Paul can't abruptly disavow the extremist views on civil rights that he's been espousing for years and expect us all to just …