International
After elections, Venezuelans vow to press ahead
December 7, 2007The campaign to reshape Venezuela’s 1999 constitution toward a socialist future ended Dec. 2 in a narrow defeat for the government of President Hugo Chavez. Hours after polls closed on the vote for two referendums that...
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On Iran, Bushs weasel words strike again
December 5, 2007Several years ago, before the start of Bush’s (and Cheney’s) Iraq war, I wrote a column about the words the administration was using to boost its case for war. They were making liberal use of weasel...
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Bali and Beyond: A New Green Economics
December 5, 2007We have read the science. Global warming is real, and we are a prime cause. We have heard the warnings. Unless we act, now, we face serious consequences. Polar ice may melt. Sea levels will rise....
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CIA Operation Pliers uncovered in Venezuela
November 30, 2007An internal CIA memorandum has been obtained by Venezuelan counterintelligence from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas that reveals a very sinister — almost fantastical, were it not true — plan to destabilize Venezuela during the coming...
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Annapolis: photo-op or opportunity?
November 30, 2007Despite considerable skepticism about the Israeli-Palestinian conference convened by President Bush in Annapolis, Md., Nov. 27, Jewish and Palestinian American peace advocates say it offers an opportunity for peace, if peace supporters keep the pressure on.
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