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Wrong way on Iraq
August 11, 2014President Obama, while saying U.S. airstrikes would be limited in scope, also called it "a long-term project" - that is alarming, opening the door for further disasters.
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Ending violence must be our passion
August 11, 2014We can barely turn in any direction without encountering violence of one kind or another. It is a pervasive presence in our lives and the lives of people worldwide.
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Ukraine, “Morning Joe,” and the new Cold War
August 7, 2014Over the past few weeks the American people have been served up a steady stream of words and images by the major media about the conflict in the Ukraine.
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“Bourgeois politics” and the mature left
August 5, 2014An immediate challenge for anybody who cares about the future of our democracy is the elections this fall: Whichever side wins will have a leg up on the 2016 presidential race.
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Upon the fire of war, Netanyahu’s government pours gasoline
August 5, 2014War is a human disaster: Not only due to the victims, but also because it brings in plain view many evil and ugly phenomena: violence, racism, nationalist zeal.
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