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America’s Image Problem
The United States definitely sends mixed messages to the Muslim world. Early in his presidency, Barack Obama went to Cairo to “seek a new beginning between the United States …
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Military Strikes Not the Answer in Syria
Protesters gather after the funeral of a member of the Free Syrian Army, a militia mostly made up of army defectors, in the Damascus suburb of Saqba, in Syria, …
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In Iraq, Occupation by Another Name
Two recent reports appearing on the same day last week in The New York Times and The Washington Post illustrate U.S. intentions in Iraq. What they reveal is that …
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Islamophobic Contest
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Remembering the Context of War Crimes: The Crime of War Itself
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: hans van den berg, The U.S. Army) One would think that, by now, America would have made the connection between war …
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Grand Inquisitor
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Sex Talk with Rick Santorum
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Dark Knight: Former Vice President Cheney in the Global War on Terror
Former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC, February 10, 2011. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Of all the members of the …
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Powerful Acts of Love
(Image: photosteve101) Love, the deepest human commitment, the force that defies empirical examination and yet is the defining and most glorious element in human life, the love …
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The US, Israel, and the War on Iran: Don’t Let Them Fool Us Again!
On January 11, 2012, after the assassination of the fourth Iranian scientist in two years, the New York Times declared: “In recent days, several events have combined to create …