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Journalists in Name Only: Just(?) 50,000 Non-Combat(?) Troops in Iraq
I was listening to NPR’s “Morning Edition” broadcast this morning in the car, and I heard a reporter say that President Obama was “redefining” the American role in Iraq, …
Obama Warned Israel May Bomb Iran
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: War With Iran We write to alert you to the likelihood that Israel will attack Iran as …
Fighting Firestone in Liberia
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Why CCR and ACLU Sued to Represent Muslim Cleric Aulaqi
Anwar Aulaqi is a US citizen and Muslim cleric living somewhere in Yemen. The US has put him on our terrorist list and is trying to assassinate him. The …
Can Jesus Cure Shell Shock?
Many Christians believe faith in Jesus Christ can cure almost anything: alcoholism, cancer, homosexuality, even the Son of Sam. But can it cure post traumatic stress disorder in troops …
Phoenix Rising … and the Struggle Continues
I've written a lot about Arizona since the national controversy over SB 1070 took hold, and in particular during recent weeks as the struggle over the bill's implications and …
Professors as Welfare Queens?
Long-time Liberals join neocons in attack on professors and colleges: Hacker and Dreifus' “Higher Education?”. Fish Stink From the Head
Chris Hedges | Why the Feds Fear Thinkers Like Howard Zinn
On Monday I will teach my final American history class of the semester to prison inmates. We have spent five weeks reading Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the …
News in Brief: Israeli-Lebanese Border Sees Fiercest Clashes Since 2004 War, and More
Israeli and Lebanese troops exchanged fire in what are the most serious clashes since Israel's month-long war against Hezbollah in 2006, with two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist being …
Economy Outranks Iraq Afghan Wars for Voters This Year
Galesburg, Ill. - The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have drifted far off this year's political radar, and are likely to stay there. Even the recent barrage of headline-dominating …