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Learning From the Last Decade as We Move Into the Next One
While I'm loathe to write a top-ten list, if only for fear of falling short of Dave Letterman's legendary bit, I'm making an exception in this first week of …
The Year in Pot: Top Ten Events That Will Change the Way We Think About Marijuana
There has been a tidal shift in politics and on marijuana laws in America, from Obama lightening up on pot prosecutions to the recognition of cancer prevention properties.
Fed Judge Gives Blackwater Huge New Year’s Gift, Dismisses All Charges In Iraq Massacre
A federal judge in Washington DC has given Erik Prince’s Blackwater mercenaries a huge New Year’s gift. Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused …
2009: The Year Wall Street Bounced Back and Main Street Got Shafted
In September 2008, as the worst of the financial crisis engulfed Wall Street, George W. Bush issued a warning: “This sucker could go down.” Around the same time, as …
Wall Street Ready to Claim Billions in Tax Breaks on Bonus Payments
2009 closed with the stock market rebounding 61 percent from its March lows, and “Wall Street is ready to pat itself on the back for its huge gains with big bonuses,” potentially …
Rethinking Education as the Practice of Freedom: Paulo Freire and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy
Paulo Freire is one of the most important critical educators of the 20th century.[1] Not only is he considered one of the founders of critical pedagogy, but he also …
Ellen Goodman | Letting Go
Boston - There is something fitting about writing my last column on the first day of a new year. January, after all, is named for the Roman god of …
Fighting Over the Squandered Decade
Washington - Certain decades shape the country's political life for generations by leaving behind an era to embrace or, at least as often, to scorn. The 1960s were …
Americans in Search of a Model
It was supposed to be the year of change. That did not happen. One year after Barack Obama's election, Americans are realizing that one man, even this improbable messiah …
Strange Days Indeed
Most peculiar, mama. Hoo. - John Lennon I know, I know, the decade doesn't really end until next year, but whatever to that. The calendar police can come and …