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Brazil’s Cancellation of State Visit Marks Another Low Point in US-Latin American Relations
The Brazilian president's cancelled visit, over NSA spying, ought to jolt the US out of its arrogant disrespect for Latin America.
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Chemical Weapons, Then Nuclear Weapons
US-Russian cooperation on achieving the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons is an exciting first step in the direction of a more decent world order.
Why Didn’t OWS Transform Into a Political Movement?
Two years later, author & journalist Nathan Schneider takes a look at concrete victories and missteps of the Occupy movement.
Pro Football’s Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Out of the 31 owners of NFL teams, seventeen - more than half - are billionaires.
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The Left Pushes Back
We're witnessing a three-act play in America, and it's called “The Great Rejection of the Reagan Revolution.”
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Chomsky: “The Mafia Doctrine,” or the Crucial Issue for the US in Syria Is Credibility
The US is probably more concerned about maintaining hegemony than the fate of Syrian civilians.
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Cold War Euphemisms and Nightmares
Now that it appears another Cold War is brewing between the U.S. and Russia, I revisited how Baumeister believes perpetrators use euphemistic words and language.
Being Hannibal Lecter
Film, depicting various human situations and inviting critical analysis as it does, can provide a mother lode of potential enlightenment.
Reforms for Converting the Present Corporate Democracy into Meaningful Civilian Democracy
Democracy may be one of the best of all the existing
How War on Syria Lost Its Way
What looked like another U.S. march to war in the Mideast has turned toward a peaceful accord that carries hope of getting Syria to relinquish its chemical weapons and …