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By Jared Diamond
By Moshe Adler
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By Robert Scheer — War profiteering is hardly a new phenomenon, but it’s happening on unprecedented levels in Iraq, thanks to hefty contracts between the U.S. government and companies like Halliburton and its former subsidiary KBR. KBR’s bookkeeping has recently come under scrutiny as American taxpayers continue to subsidize its wartime projects.
Posted on Jun 26, 2007
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By Amy Goodman — Of the Democratic presidential candidates, Sen. Mike Gravel is probably the least well recognized. His dark-horse candidacy may be the butt of jokes on the late-night comedy shows, but that doesn’t faze former Pentagon analyst Daniel Ellsberg: “Here is a senator who was not afraid to look foolish. That is the fear that keeps people in line all their lives.”
Posted on Jun 26, 2007
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By Eugene Robinson — Before the subject of whether George W. Bush should be impeached is given the slightest consideration, consider three scary words that will end any such discussion: President Dick Cheney.
Posted on Jun 26, 2007
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — Quietly, the real debate over Iraq is beginning. It’s not about whether the United States should pull out troops. That is now inevitable. The real challenge is to figure out the right timetable for withdrawal, whether a residual force should be left there, and which American objectives can still be salvaged.
Posted on Jun 26, 2007
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Truthdig tips its hat this week to Army Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba, whose 2004 report about prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib was damningly thorough and truthful—and who thus found himself contradicted and chastised by Pentagon and Bush administration officials for doing his job right.
Posted on Jun 25, 2007
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By Robert Fisk — The Independent’s Middle East correspondent looks into the current state of “Palestine” and the West’s complicated—and contradictory—relations with the region and its leaders.
Posted on Jun 22, 2007
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By Barry Lando — Saddam Hussein was a ruthless tyrant, but he had help from his friends, including powerful world leaders and wealthy businessmen. Former “60 Minutes” producer and “Web of Deceit” author Barry Lando wonders what embarrassing revelations might have emerged had Saddam’s trial—and those of his associates—been more interested in truth than execution.
Posted on Jun 22, 2007
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — On issues as far-ranging as the Iraq war, healthcare and economic disparity, America has moved decidedly to the left. Isn’t it time we stop fretting about words like “liberal”?
Posted on Jun 22, 2007
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By Eugene Robinson — Back when the renowned author was in hiding because of a death threat from the Ayatollah Khomeini, he felt that John le Carre was no help to his cause. “The Satanic Verses” had sparked a spat between two literary lions.
Posted on Jun 22, 2007
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By Sharon Scranage — It’s not just kids who get left behind in an educational system that fetishizes data and quantitative measures instead of qualitative progress. Teachers, particularly in lower-income schools, end up punished and humiliated because they are judged to be “underachievers,” according to educator Sharon Scranage.
Posted on Jun 21, 2007
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By Ellen Goodman — Massachusetts is once again leading the nation against the forces of tyranny. The state that radically approved same-sex unions to the apparent horror of the rest of the country now finds itself increasingly in the mainstream of public opinion.
Posted on Jun 21, 2007
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By Marie Cocco — Most of the presidential candidates from both parties agree that we can’t allow Iraq to become a “failed state.” Unfortunately, that warning is about four years out of date.
Posted on Jun 21, 2007
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Renowned sociologist Dr. Troy Duster discusses the war on drugs, race, public policy and the 2008 election.
Posted on Jun 20, 2007
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By Robert Scheer — What a difference 40 years makes. Robert Scheer takes a look at current events in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank from a historical perspective, tracing the dramatic developments among regional and religious factions since the end of the Six-Day War.
Posted on Jun 19, 2007
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By Amy Goodman — Michael Moore screened his new film, “SiCKO,” on Father’s Day at a special New York event honoring Sept. 11 first responders. Moore spoke of their heroism and recognized their role in the film. “SiCKO” is about the broken U.S. healthcare system. Case in point: the 9/11 rescue workers.
Posted on Jun 19, 2007
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