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First Signs of Strain in Kandahar Offensive
Amid the confusion over the latest US-led mission, body bags provide a sobering certainty. Kandahar, Afghanistan – At Kandahar Airfield, medics in the trauma ward waited for a helicopter …
Arab-Israeli Parliamentarian Fights Death Threats
Ramallah, West Bank - “I stopped counting after I had received 50 death threats. I told my secretary not to tell me about them any more,” Arab-Israeli Knesset (parliament) …
Did Democrats’ Deal With the NRA Kill Campaign Finance Reform?
At issue is a deal brokered by the House Democratic leadership to exempt the powerful National Rifle Association and others from disclosure requirements in a new campaign finance law. …
American Chernobyl
An uncontrollable industrial catastrophe, a worm-eaten system controlled by a rigid nomenklatura, a dynamic leader who wants to change things: doesn't that remind you of something? Yes, of course: …
The Intellectual Situation – Internet as a Social Movement
We love a parade. Up and down Fifth Avenue, voices ring against the burnished buildings. “WE WON! WE WON!” Who won? Won what? “Something to do with the internet,” …
Connie Schultz | It’s Not American To Feel Helpless
When I started to write this column Thursday, the estimated amount of oil that had gushed into the Gulf of Mexico was 40,340,547 gallons. Or maybe it was 235,669,211 …
Why Wall Street’s Generous to New Democrats in House
Washington - Members of the powerful New Democrat Coalition in the House of Representatives are among the top Democratic recipients of Wall Street campaign money this election cycle — …
Who Is Bob Dudley? Five Things to Know About BP’s New Point Man
BP's managing director Bob Dudley will have day-to-day responsibility for managing the company's oil spill response in the Gulf of Mexico. Will he do any better at battling the …
The Hangings for Which They Can Hardly Wait
India's far right has found its holy cause for the immediate future: the hanging of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab and Mohammad Afzal also known as Afzal Guru. The political …
Michael Winship | Miley, We Hardly Knew Ye
Amid all the news of petrochemical malfeasance in the Gulf - and thank you Rep. Joe Barton, pride of Texas, for your apology to BP, demonstrating everything that's wrong …