There’s something profoundly despicable about a Justice Department that would brazenly violate the First and Fourth Amendments while spying on journalists, then claim to be reassessing such policies after an avalanche of criticism -- and...
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26 September 2013
Poison gas is not only a “moral obscenity” — one the United States stockpiled for decades after its use was banned in warfare — but a metaphor for human recklessness and wasted science.
Like it or not, we’re forced to think...
Like it or not, we’re forced to think...
22 September 2013
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Rich or poor, king or commoner, when some
Buddhists and Hindus die their funeral can include bending the corpse
into an upright fetal position, or burying the body and later burning
the bones in a "double funeral"....
01 September 2013
The British Parliament’s rejection of an attack on Syria is a direct contrast -- and implicit challenge -- to the political war system of the United States.
“It is clear to me that the British Parliament, reflecting the views of the...
29 August 2013
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A TV station in Buddhist-majority Thailand has
agreed to allow government-approved "Islamic experts" to revise a soap
opera script after a small but vocal Muslim group complained that the
show misrepresents their...
22 August 2013
After revelations that Glenn Greenwald's partner was detained and threatened by British security forces earlier this week, Britain's rightwing media moguls made sure to close ranks and shield Westminster from too much public criticism....
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