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Getting Out of Afghanistan With Grace

'Daily Show': Cold Busted, Sean Hannity

Happy 40th Sesame Street

The Socialist Threat Comes to 'South Park'

Where Does the Caving End?

Where Are the Real Deficit Hawks?
By David Sirota

Bring Them Home, Mr. President
By Eugene Robinson

Getting Out of Afghanistan With Grace
By William Pfaff

Where Does the Caving End?
By Ellen Goodman

Bomb Kills 7, Wounds 35 at Pakistan Spy Agency

Obama Calls for Intel Investigation After Fort Hood Shooting

U.S. Adult Cigarette Smoking Rate Rose in 2008

Fed Restricts Overdraft Fees

U.N. Criticizes U.S. Homeless Situation

The Pleasure Is in Your Hands

The Socialist Threat Comes to ‘South Park’

‘Daily Show’: Cold Busted, Sean Hannity

The Onion: Is Anyone Safe From Google?

‘Sesame Street’ Turns 40

Freedom’s Fight
Gary Phillips

Emma Thompson, Petition Tourist?

Marion Barry Does Reality TV

Steve Fraser on the Crisis of Capitalism
By Steve Fraser

Financial Meltdown 101

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Vetting Sarah Palin

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The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers

By Andy Borowitz
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Show US the War

From Show US the War

First Lt. Travis Howell, U.S. Army, near Najaf, March 3, 2003, from “This Is Our War.” “Advancing on Baghdad, drivers with the 70th Armor Regiment were constantly exposed to the wind, sand, and storms of the desert. ‘Scraping this amount of crud from your face was pretty routine,’ says the photographer.”

The Cause, a progressive media development organization, kicks off its pre-launch with a film clip called “Show US the War,” a teaser for what it calls a “collaborative real-time documentary news project.”

Show US the War:

Somewhere in America, the evening paper lands on a doorstep. A weary cashier sits down to watch the 5 o’clock news. Drive time radio slides through the headlines. “Insurgent bombings today in Kabul kill 3 coalition soldiers.“What is today’s news? Even when Americans cite our engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan, as among the top national interests, how do we know what’s happening there? Where can we find detailed, accurate, news, analysis and first-person accounts?

Virtual living room coming soon…

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