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Intellectual property rights and the TPP
March 11, 2014Ever since Jefferson's time there has been a contest between two principal propositions on intellectual property (IP).
Read moreNo quiet on the eastern front: “Stalingrad”
March 11, 2014Based loosely on Soviet author Vasily Grossman's novel, "Life and Fate," the film Stalingrad is a treatment of World War II's "bloodiest battle in human history."
Read moreWestern leaders belittle legitimate Russian concerns about fascism
March 11, 2014In Russia the memories of the Nazi invasion of 1941, of the war that followed and of the activities of local Nazi collaborators, including Ukrainian ones historically linked to the present crowd of extremists in Kiev,...
Read moreBig questions emerge over congressional backing for Venezuelan protests
March 10, 2014The idea of Venezuelans "protesting peacefully" reflects media bias. As protests mounted , police didn't intervene until gov. officers were attacked or burned.
Read moreIraqi women protest proposed Islamic law
March 10, 2014Iraqi women demonstrated against a draft law that would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls and automatically give child custody to fathers.
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