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Fareed Zakarta Says the War is Over! Awesome!
Fareed Zakarta Says the War is Over! Awesome!Bob Cesca It's called the MRAP, or "Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle." With a price... read more
Bush Promotes Torture Advocates
Bush Promotes Torture AdvocatesLilian Segura I know all eyes were on FISA, but also this week, the White House re-nominated one of its favorite p... read more
Will Women Vote Race or Gender?
Americas Next Top PresidentMargaret Cho CNN received dozens of e-mails shortly after posting the story, which focuses largely on conversations ab... read more
Thai Publishing House Web Site Illegally Shut Down
Sami Ben Gharbia The website of Fah Diew Kan (Same Sky), a quarterly social and political magazine, has been shut down by its host Net Service Lt... read more
Connecting to Other Human Beings
To the idea of respecting the Other, here's a quote from Wikipedia's summary of Martin Buber's “I and Thou”: A person sitting next to a co... read more
Did JFK Call Himself a Jelly Doughnut?
"Ich bin ein Berliner." Was JFK claiming to be a jelly doughnut?We Israelis call them sufganiyyot, which are favorites around Chanukah. Our ... read more
Edwards Backed by Florida Progressive Coalition
Edwards backed by Florida Progressive CoalitionRon Levitt "The Florida Progressive Coalition proudly endorses John Edwards to be the next pr... read more
Israeli Reaction to Gaza
Maya Norton On Thursday, January 17th, the Israeli government shut the border crossing between Israel and Gaza, stopping the flow of all goods be... read more
Polish Health Service Needs Kiss of Life
Beatroot Or something even more intimate. The Polish government have decided to have a ‘White Summit’ where government, president, me... read more
Prince Charming is Deader than God
Prince Charming is Deader than GodSusie Bright Suze Orman is the most famous personal finance adviser in the world -- and she's as queer as a thr... read more
