Jul 28 2012

Are we our brothers’ keepers?

A shot in the dark

By Roger Ebert, July 26, 2012 12:57 PM   Catie and Caleb Medley went to the doomed midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.” It was a movie they’d been looking forward to for a…  [more]

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Jul 28 2012

The red meat of military adventures

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…  [more]

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Jul 28 2012

Missing and distorted history

Fists of Freedom: An Olympic Story Not Taught in Schools

By , July 23, 2012 3:00 am PDT   It’s been almost 44 years since Tommie Smith and John Carlostook the medal stand following the 200-meter dash…  [more]

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Jul 27 2012

We all grow poor because of it

‘Bachmann affair’ against Clinton aide Huma Abedin is a wake-up call

By John L. Esposito, 04:53 PM ET, 07/26/2012   Michele Bachmann’s has stirred up a storm. Bachmann has been criticized on the floor of the Senate and denounced in…  [more]

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Jul 27 2012

Some kind of personality disorder

What’s wrong with Mitt Romney?

By , Friday, Jul 27, 2012 07:00 AM CDT   I have an idea for Mitt Romney: Release your tax returns today. Your coverage can’t get any worse than it’s been in the…  [more]

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Jul 24 2012

Boarders are under attack

Wants country back

  Dear editor: I awake every morning to a day of my president dismantling another part of our society. I have tried to ignore the effect he could have on the country, because he is only one…  [more]

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Jul 21 2012

84 people a day

America needs to talk about gun control in the wake of the Colorado shooting

By , Friday 20 July 2012 13.40 EDT   The chorus of empathetic responses to the tragic shootings at the Aurora movie theater, near…  [more]

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