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  • Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S. Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S.

    In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western European states should be doing about the civil war in Syria." Those limitations are palpable in both language and ...

  • Friends of Palestine Presents Dr. El Farra from Gaza

    Israel's Operation Cast Lead was described by a UN fact finding mission as "a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorise a civilian population." The 2008-09 assault claimed the lives of 1400 Palestinians and thrust the crisis in Gaza into the centre of the debate about the Israel/Palestine conflict. The crippling siege continues to block ...

  • George F. Will Obama takes a page from George Wallaces book

    Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge A. Raymond Randolph says: "Although the parties have not raised it, one issue needs to be resolved before we turn to the merits of the case." The issue he raised but could not resolve — that is up to the Supreme Court — illuminates ...

  • My view Fighting the ignoble reign of money

    The older I get, the more I am convinced of the truth of the oft-repeated maxim suggesting money is at the heart of much ...

  • Giving up on terror

    The FBI has now reportedly identified at least five suspects wanted in connection with the Benghazi terror attack. This is the way the Associated Press reported it, quoting unnamed U.S. officials:"The officials say they have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists - but not enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama ...


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Kicking and Screaming [DVD]

Kicking and Screaming [DVD]

Kicking and Screaming, Noah Baumbachs directorial debut, is a clever, intelligent comedy about the pains of growing up. The main characters are four college friends who are as different in personality as they are alike in their collective fear about being grown-u ... ...

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  • Week In Politics Obama And Drone Strikes

    Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: As we mentioned, President Obama's commencement address comes the day after he delivered an hour-long speech on national security. The president talked about redefining the effort away from what he called a boundless global war on terror. Here to ...

  • A next-generation model for MinnesotaCare

    The result of their ongoing hard work this year is a lesser-known but even more pioneering and compassionate Minnesota twist on federal health reform: a next-generation MinnesotaCare program that will roll out in January and begin to take advantage of newly available federal dollars to better cover the working ...

  • Editorial I-5 bridge collapse should prompt focus on maintenance

    BREATHE a sigh of relief that Thursday’s Interstate 5 bridge collapse is an economic disaster, not a human tragedy. Mercifully, no one died. Immediately, some politicians began to suggest the collapse of the 165-foot span over the Skagit River was a case study on the cost of deferred infrastructure maintenance. But that narrative does not seem to fit the facts. Instead, the collapse, as ...

  • Keep drones in the air as long as terrorists target U.S.

    The United States risks losing the advantage of surprise if individual drone strikes become entangled in slow-motion bureaucracy back home. We fear U.S. warriors shrinking from what in effect are battlefield decisions because they have one eye on Congress, or judges, or some other overseer who is not their commander in chief. We don’t want drone operators hoping their targeted terrorist ...

  • Readers Write Natural disasters North Korea transit IRS bridge collapse bad drivers state politics

    A child stands in front of a house and vehicle that were destroyed by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., May 24, 2013. Heading into Memorial Day weekend, cleanup continued and people were still sorting through their damaged and destroyed properties after Monday's Category 5 tornado tore through ...

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