Aug 06 2012
Could Syria’s Current Predicament Have Been Avoided Over A Decade Ago? By Ehsani, Friday, August 3rd, 2012 Like nearly 25 million other Syrians, one cannot help but feel stunned and exasperated by the events engulfing our country. How did we get here? How can a country long associated with “stability” suddenly unravel and enter …
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Aug 04 2012
Mitt Romney: Son of Abraham? By Valerie Tarico, Saturday, Aug 4, 2012 08:01 AM CDT While in Jerusalem Mitt Romney made an appearance at the Wailing Wall in a yarmulke. Was he just trying to pay tribute to Orthodox tradition or does he think he’s a Jew? Perhaps both. Conservative Christianity teaches “supersessionism,” the …
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Aug 03 2012
Sometimes the price of success is just too high By Christina Patterson, Wednesday 01 August 2012 She’s fast. Ye Shiwen, the 16-year-old Chinese girl who seems to be causing quite a fuss, is very, very, very, very fast. She’s so fast that she managed to swim 400 metres on Saturday, winning a gold medal, …
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Aug 03 2012
Washington’s press is the cabin boy of the political class – do quote me on that By Bob Garfield, Friday 3 August 2012 09.30 EDT The weather here in Washington this week was hot and humid. That’s on background, of course. Do not quote me. You can use the information only if you attribute …
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Jul 28 2012
Syrian war of lies and hypocrisy By Robert Fisk, Sunday 29 July 2012 Has there ever been a Middle Eastern war of such hypocrisy? A war of such cowardice and such mean morality, of such false rhetoric and such public humiliation? I’m not talking about the physical victims of the Syrian tragedy. I’m referring …
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Jul 28 2012
Why Mitt screws up By Justin Frank, Saturday, Jul 28, 2012 06:00 AM CDT People are asking, “What’s with Mitt Romney’s trip to the London Olympics?” He has made so many gaffes that the Daily Mail’s political editor asked, “Do we have a new Dubya on our hands?” That question is most important for …
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Jul 28 2012
When soft power is hard By Richard Falk, 28 Jul 2012 10:17 There has been serious confusion associated with the widespread embrace of “soft power” as a preferred form of diplomacy for the 21st century. Joseph Nye introduced and popularised the concept, and later it was adopted and applied in a myriad of settings …
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