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The Foreign Policy “Community”
So given this extreme human suffering and repression imposed by the Saudi monarchy in multiple countries, what should the US – the Leader of the Free World and the self-proclaimed Deliverer of Freedom and Democracy – do? To Riedel, the … Continue reading
On Americans
“We have a decision to make every day. Every hour of every day. And that is whether to represent the sword or the shield. Democracy Now!“ –Amy Goodman
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American Don’t Rebel
How do you break through the inertia, fear of embarrassment, isolation and aversion to doing anything different that surrounds most middle-class Americans like a moat? –Gary Kamiya on the needed ad campaign to swell the ranks of Occupy Wall Street, … Continue reading
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“Saving” Social Security
“The public, regardless of party, overwhelmingly opposes cuts to Social Security and Medicare. But elected officials of both parties are hell-bent on conspiring to bring the programs to an end. They seem to have come to grips with a fact … Continue reading
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