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Who will tell the people? Tom Friedman
May 5, 2008, Comments Off on Who will tell the people? Tom Friedman

May 4, 2008 Thomas L. Friedman is one of our heroes and this column is one of the reasons. Traveling the country these p ...

West Wing of Wednesday Night #2
May 3, 2008, Comments Off on West Wing of Wednesday Night #2

See also  More from our West Wing Dear friends/Chers amis! You are invited to attend the second ever – Wednesday ...

Wednesday Night #1364
April 23, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1364

Before doing our usual tour d’horizon of news and events around the globe, we would like to call to your attention ...

The Olympic Protest Primer
April 22, 2008, 1 Comment

An Xin (a Canadian ex-pat in Beijing) writes: So much of what is happening here now feels like a kind of déja vu. Once ...

China, Beijing Olympics
April 8, 2008, 3 Comments

 See also Tibet and The Olympic Protest Primer April 24 China to clear out students, refugees before Olympics Beijing & ...

Bush's border fence destroys wilderness
April 3, 2008, Comments Off on Bush's border fence destroys wilderness

GETTY IMAGES Completion of the 670-mile fence on the US-Mexican border would harm endangered species and ‘pristine ...

Are women voters more likely to vote for female candidates?
March 31, 2008, Comments Off on Are women voters more likely to vote for female candidates?

31 March 2008 With thanks to Teresa Chin (Terry) Jones Research published by SAGE in Political Research Quarterly The re ...

Afghanistan
March 28, 2008, 1 Comment

See also wednesday-night.com Analysis:Why Afghanistan matters Rasul Bakhsh Rais Read complete Editorial of Pakistan Dail ...

Iraq war illegal – Linda McQuaig
March 25, 2008, Comments Off on Iraq war illegal – Linda McQuaig

March 25, 2008 Iraq War Botched and Illegal by Linda McQuaig (Toronto Star/Common Dreams) Apart from a few enthusiasts o ...

Bush administration and dissent
March 24, 2008, Comments Off on Bush administration and dissent

This piece published in December 2003 was forwarded to us recently with the comment: This is one of the most chilling ar ...

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