All Views Articles for 2013-08-15
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Matthew Rothschild Obama Hapless in Face of Egyptian Military Crackdown Read more |
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Sharif Abdel Kouddous Chaos and Bloodshed in the Streets of Cairo The violent clampdown by security forces has all but ended the possibility of a rapprochement with the Muslim Brotherhood. Read more |
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Robert Parry Bradley Manning and America’s Upside-Down Morality Pvt. Bradley Manning has prostrated himself before his court-martial judge, apologizing for leaking documents on U.S. government wrongdoing and referencing his psychological problems as reasons for mercy. The sad spectacle underscores how upside-down American morality now is. Read more |
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Matt Taibbi Ripping Off Young America: The College-Loan Scandal The federal government has made it easier than ever to borrow money for higher education - saddling a generation with crushing debts and inflating a bubble that could bring down the economy Read more |
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Rainey Reitman Bradley Manning Did Not Hurt the United States In his sentencing hearing yesterday, Bradley Manning took the stand and apologized for the "hurt" he inflicted on the United States. Read more |
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John R. MacArthur Sophistry Bestrides ‘Free-Trade' Axis The day before Detroit declared bankruptcy, I found The New York Times’s Thomas Friedman up to his old tricks, extolling the North American Free Trade Agreement and “free trade” in general in a... Read more |
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Hal Niedzviecki Are You Ready to Embrace the Apocalypse? Facing up to the slow collapse of our planet is hard, but thinking apocalyptically could help us prepare for the crises to come Read more |
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Tawakkol Karman Consider Egypt’s Peaceful Masses What is going on in Egypt undermines the values of the Arab Spring. The military coup against an emerging democracy destroys all the gains of the January 2011 revolution. Read more |
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Suzanne York Out of Our Fracking Minds We are well into summer 2013, and in the West temperatures are high, wildfires are raging, and droughts are in effect in many states. Read more |
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Robert Naiman Amend or Repeal the Espionage Act To Protect Journalists and Whistle-blowers Isn't it high time to amend or repeal the Espionage Act of 1917 so that it can't be used to charge whistle-blowers or journalists with "aiding the enemy"? Read more |
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Nancy Snow Oliver Stone in Tokyo: 'We Need Edward R. Murrow' I've been a writer and observer of all things American propaganda ever since I worked at the United States Information Agency in Washington. Read more |
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Robert C. Koehler Stopped and Frisked by an Occupying Army Stopping crime before it happens is a great idea, but stopping young men for “walking while black” — touted by true believers as the same thing — is a game played by an occupying army. Read more |
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Ahdaf Soueif Now Egyptians Are All Paying the Price Instead of working towards a unified civil state, once in power the Muslim Brotherhood courted the police and army Read more |
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Trevor Timm A Guide to the Deceptions, Misinformation, and Word Games Officials Use to Mislead the Public About NSA Surveillance It’s been two months since President Barack Obama first said that he welcomes a debate about NSA surveillance, which he once again reiterated last week at his press conference . Read more |