JFK's Vision of Enduring World Peace -- That 50 Years Later Almost Everyone...
In the wake of the extraordinary media focus on the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination, and on the search to define his legacy, a significant element was overlooked: the story of a...
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While reviewing polling data on Israeli and Palestinian attitudes towards the peace effort, what comes through clearly is the obvious disconnect between the views of both groups and the extent to which...
View ArticleMy Strategic Impatience
It's not easy for North Korea to grab headlines these days. Over the last couple weeks, Pyongyang launched several short-range missiles and rockets. They barely caused a ripple. The world has been...
View ArticleFrom Stop-and-Frisk to Guantánamo: U.S. Human Rights Record Under Scrutiny at UN
by Nahal Zamani, Advocacy Program Manager with the Center for Constitutional Rights As the Obama administration continues rallying its allies to hold Russia to its international law obligations in...
View ArticleQatar Labour Controversy Becomes Part of Gulf Dispute Over Muslim Brotherhood
Saudi-led efforts to isolate Qatar because of its support of the Muslim Brotherhood have expanded to exploit criticism of labour conditions in the Gulf state in advance of the 2022 World Cup. Arab...
View ArticleEnding the Era of Giveaway Trade
Two years ago today, a little-noticed, but profoundly important, trade agreement between the United States and South Korea took effect. At the time, negotiators from both countries hailed this trade...
View ArticleRattling the Chains of the Cold War
When violence broke out in Ukraine several weeks ago, most of us didn't pay much attention. The BIG news out of the former Soviet Union was the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi. Russian leader Vladimir...
View ArticleThe Syria Crisis at Three Years
This week the Syria crisis reached another ominous milestone, passing the three-year mark with no clear sign of an end to the death, destruction and suffering that have plagued the Syrian people since...
View ArticleWho Protects the People Once Their Water's Been Poisoned?
January 9 of this year about 7500 gallons -- more or less -- of crude 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol (MCHM) leaked out of a one-inch hole in a storage container owned by Freedom Industries. The container...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
This week the mystery over Malaysia Airlines flight 370 deepened, as officials said the 777's tracking mechanisms may have been deliberately turned off, and that the plane might have flown for hours...
View ArticleDear Abby: An Open Letter to MSNBC's Huntsman About Social Security
Last week MSNBC's Abby Huntsman expressed some strong opinions about Social Security. That's her right and her privilege. Unfortunately, she also made some inaccurate and misleading statements. (See...
View ArticleSelection Sunday's Optimism: What Our Economy Lacks
Selection Sunday is one of the most exciting days of spring because it is a day of pure optimism. College basketball players and their coaches (and of course, the all-important armchair coaches) around...
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Mr. Cogito Goes to Ukraine
The Polish Poet Zbigniew Herbert created a character named Mr. Cogito ostensibly based on the Descartian cogito ergo sum. Considering the current stalemate in the Crimea (hopefully it will remain a...
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Losing Fannie and Freddie: A Terrible Idea
There was a reason Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddy Mac (Federal Home loan Mortgage Corporation) were government created entities, before they became private corporations...
View ArticleThe New Populist Movement: Organizing to Take Back America.
A new progressive populist movement is rising up in the United States. Inspired by an expansive vision of greater economic opportunity for all Americans, this new movement is also fueled by anger over...
View ArticleNo, Paul Ryan Doesn't Deserve the Benefit of the Doubt
You may remember Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). He's most famous as the running mate of presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Remember Mitt? The guy who based his entire Republican National Convention and much...
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Crowd Control
Political Revolt and the Accumulation of More Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com [This essay will appear in "Revolution," the Spring 2014 issue of Lapham's Quarterly. This slightly adapted version is...
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Corn/Matalin Clash Over CIA Torture and 'Who Lost Crimea?'
By: Mark Green LISTEN HERE: The Senate-CIA fight is jaw-dropping but Mary Matalin and David Corn disagree if it's about oversight and/or Bush-Cheney "torture." Then: Is Obama a "weak joke" (MM)? Were...
View ArticleSmoke, Mirrors, and the Common Core
All across the country, politicians are looking for ways to get parents to stop protesting the Common Core. One strategy, in states such as Arizona, Florida, and Pennsylvania, is to rebrand the...
View ArticleThe Paradoxical Position of the National Restaurant Association in the...
In recent weeks, supporters and opponents of the proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 have circulated letters to further their cause. I was one of the 600 signers of the supporters'...
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