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Building Settlements, Not Peace
Jerusalem - Had Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu been a devotee of Robert Burns, he would now be tearing up the pessimistic view of the legendary Scottish nationalist poet …
The Tonton Macoutes: The Central Nervous System of Haiti
A Malediction on Haitian Society
Pakistan: Suicide Bomb Attacks in Lahore Cap Particularly Grim Week
Suicide blasts rocked Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore for the second time this week, killing at least 45 people Friday and rebuffing notions that recent arrests and killings of …
Robert Reich | The Sham Recovery
Are we finally in a recovery? Who's “we,” kemosabe? Big global companies, Wall Street, and high-income Americans who hold their savings in financial instruments are clearly doing better. As …
Final Health Care Bill Vote Due “As Early As Next Week” (2)
Nearly a year after Democrats introduced legislation to reform the health care industry - first by flirting with the prospect of having a government-run program to compete with private …
Final Health Care Bill Vote Due As Early As Next Week
Nearly a year after Democrats introduced legislation to reform the health care industry - first by flirting with the prospect of having a government-run program to compete with private …
To Teach Is to Seduce
To be a good teacher, must one be an erudite academic or a perceptive pedagogue? The debate is endless. Jean-Paul Brighelli brings a new element to the discussion: knowing …
What Torture Is and Why It’s Illegal and Not “Poor Judgment“
It's now over three weeks since veteran Justice Department (DOJ) lawyer David Margolis dashed the hopes of those seeking accountability for the Bush administration's torturers, but this is a …
Six Democratic Senators Poised to Kill Student Loan Reform
Graduating from college is a great feeling. Not so great: being saddled with $23,200 in student loans, the average debt owed by graduates of the class of 2008, according …
Taboo Thwarts Candor on Israel/Iran
Participants at an otherwise informative discussion on “Iran at a Crossroads” at the Senate on Wednesday seemed at pains to barricade the doors against the proverbial elephant being admitted …