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The Planet has a Fever: Al Gore and Jeffrey Sachs at Granholm
Jennifer Granholm interviews Al Gore and Jeffrey Sachs on carbon dioxide emissions and global climate change. At the liberal Current TV channel. Gore: There are […]
Was this 16-year-old Drone Victim Really a Terrorist? (Chatterjee)
Pratap Chatterjee writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism He walked quietly between his two friends as he entered the conference hall in one of […]
Drones, Drones Everywhere, and now we’ve given them to Iran
The American deployment of its thousands of drones or unmanned aircraft is one dimension of the breakdown of the rule of law. The US sends […]
Earth Day means nothing if We Don’t Limit Carbon Emissions
The first observance of Earth Day was March 21, 1970. I was 17, and along with other students at Broad Run High School, went out […]
Yes, MEMRI, there is a Fatwa from Khamenei forbidding Nukes
I’m told that MEMRI, which has its origins in Israeli military intelligence, has put out a statement doubting that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ever […]
Omar Khayyam (104)
Every place you see a rose or red tulip, they are tinted by the blood of a fallen king. Every violet petal that falls to […]
Tens of Thousands of Egyptians Demand end to Military Rule
Friday was the Day of Reviving the Revolution in Egypt, writes al-Hayat in Arabic, with tens of thousands of protesters filling Tahrir Square in downtown […]
War is God’s way… (Rodriguez)
Courtesy Paul Rodriguez Page. This quote appears to come from his stand up routine of 1987 in Los Angeles. It is often misattributed to Ambrose […]
Bahrain: little change since ‘brutal crackdown’ as Formula 1 begins (Serle)
Jack Serle writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Bird shot, tear gas and truncheon-wielding riot police are not the normal accompaniments to a Grand […]
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