Analysis
War with Iran? Not if Congress acts
February 9, 2007Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Feb. 1, Zbigniew Brzezinski blasted the “U.S. war of choice in Iraq” calling it a “historic, strategic and moral calamity.”
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GOP demands tax payoff for minimum wage
February 2, 2007Commentary Anyone who believed there was going to be a bipartisan effort in Congress to reflect the voters’ views got doused with a bucket of cold water last week when GOP senators tried to block a...
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Lebanon crisis a mix of complex issues
February 2, 2007Protests and a Jan. 23 one-day general strike have rocked Lebanon. Some violent incidents resulted in three deaths and 100 injuries. The violence is one factor triggering Lebanese fears of a new civil war, but there...
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No Child Left Behind up for review
February 2, 2007News Analysis The day after President Bush’s State of the Union address, the secretary of education, Margaret Spellings, presented a proposal to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the administration’s troubled education law. Speaking...
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Frances homeless step up their struggle
January 26, 2007NewsAnalysis PARIS — The new year in France has opened with bold and coordinated protests by the nation’s homeless. The protests are taking place against the backdrop of two years of intensified struggle by the country’s...
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