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I Guess The Japanese Nuclear Reactor Crisis is Over???

I Guess The Japanese Nuclear Reactor Crisis is Over???
Posted by Michael Tedesco on Mar 22, 2011 in Events, Featured Articles, Japan | 3 comments
I’ve been searching high and low for an update from any television news source about the status of what was, only a days ago, such a huge story that people in California collectively snapped and made a run on potassium iodide pills for fear of the end of the world. This was such a huge story that...
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Rationality from Right on Manning? Not Much.

Posted by Kathy on Mar 13, 2011 in Breaking News, Current Affairs, Featured Articles, Foreign, Human Rights, Law, Military, Politics, Torture | Comments Off
Ed Morrissey thinks that “The White House acted appropriately in kicking Crowley out at State …” in response to Crowley’s public criticism of Pfc. Bradley Manning’s abusive treatment in detention. Then he defends the abuse itself (although of course he doesn’t consider...
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Gadaffi’s Son Lays Rhetorical Groundwork for Slaughter

Posted by David Katz on Feb 20, 2011 in Breaking News, Current Affairs, Featured Articles | Comments Off
Sayf al-Islam, a son of Muammar Gaddafi, has drawn a hard line against the protests there.  In his internationally televised speech Sayf threatened the people with the spector of civil war and began to lay down the groundwork for a massacre of the protests there.  For the most part the speech was...
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Good Night and Good Luck

Posted by David Katz on Jan 22, 2011 in Breaking News, Current Affairs, Featured Articles | 1 comment
So I just got back from a busy day, and turned on my PVR, grabbed some popcorn, and sat down to watch countdown.  With a few minutes left in the show, Keith Olberman announced that this would be his last show.  HIS LAST SHOW.  Now details are still hazy, but the word on the street (aka the internets)...
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On the Tragedy in Arizona

Posted by David Katz on Jan 8, 2011 in Breaking News, Current Affairs, Featured Articles | Comments Off
Today a troubled and deranged young man opened fire in front of a supermarket killing at least six, including a nine year old girl and a federal judge, and wounding at least nine, including a member of congress, Representative Gifford.  Our hearts and minds go out to the victims of this heinous act of...
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The Old Deal

Posted by tas on Nov 8, 2010 in 2010 midterms, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Economy, Elections, Government, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Politics | Comments Off
[This essay, about Obama's past, is the first essay I've published about the president today. The second essay is about Obama's future, and you can read it on Pushing Rope.] In January 2009, at the beginning of the Obama Administration, I thought everyone knew the deal. The Republicans’ eight year...
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