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| Archived Since: | April 15, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Amazon's Kindle Fire and the golden age of gadgets
You would think, this deep into the 21st century, I would be used to the feeling, but it still grates: Barely a week after I gave my daughter a Kindle for her 17th birthday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sent the consumer technology world into...Show More Summary
Icons that would shock today's right
Boogeymen are everywhere these days, if you believe the conservatives' Perpetual Paranoia Machine. A few years ago, WorldNetDaily and the American Family Association warned that Barney the Dinosaur was trying to "surreptitiously indoctrinate...Show More Summary
U.S. tells court bin Laden photos must stay secret
Public disclosure of graphic photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden after he was killed in May by U.S. commandos would damage national security and lead to attacks on American property and personnel, the Obama administration contends in a court documents. Show More Summary
Colbert: Who cares if Rick Perry can't speak?
Talk is cheap. That's what Stephen Colbert thinks anyway. While many wrote off Rick Perry after an excruciating debate performance last Thursday, the Comedy Central host remains unconvinced that elocution is really all that important. Show More Summary
Jailed for covering the Wall Street protests
On Sept. 24, while working on a story about citizen journalism for my employer, I found myself arrested, along with many other people. My arrest gave me a unique vantage point on the risks and rewards of citizen journalists, those non-professionals...Show More Summary
The rogue trader: Crazier than a psychopath
Shock, consternation, cries of rage and accusations of Yes Men hoaxery -- the uproar in response to statements made by "independent trader" Alessio Rastani to the BBC on Monday tended to miss one important fact: this is exactly how many traders behave and think. Show More Summary
One Republican candidate's hellfire
George Bush Park burst into flames on Sept. 13, one month to the day after Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced his candidacy for president of the United States. In a summer of fierce wildfires across Texas, the George Bush Park blaze was...Show More Summary
Can a former IRA commander lead Ireland?
DUBLIN, Ireland -- A former commander of the outlawed Irish Republican Army has created a political earthquake in Ireland by entering the campaign for president of the Irish Republic -- with an outside chance of success. Martin McGuinness, currently deputy first minister in the Northern Ireland power-sharing executive, will contest the Oct. Show More Summary
The real “class war” in America
There hasn't been any organized, explicitly class-based violence in this country for generations, so what, exactly, does "class warfare" really mean? Is it just an empty political catchphrase? The American right has decided that returning...Show More Summary
Has the military coopted Egypt's revolution?
CAIRO, Egypt -- Just days after the departure of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11, the nation's new, self-appointed military leaders pledged, within six months, a swift transition to civilian rule. Crowds of the same...Show More Summary
Attack on Kabul CIA office kills 1 American
An Afghan employed by the U.S. government killed one American and wounded another in an attack on a CIA office in Kabul, officials said Monday. The shooting Sunday evening is the most recent in a growing number of attacks this year by Afghans working with the country's international allies. Show More Summary
Freed hikers describe Iranian captivity
Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer -- the American hikers who were accused by the Iranian government of espionage in 2009, and imprisoned by the Iranian government for two years thereafter -- finally began sharing their story in a press conference yesterday. Show More Summary
Question about America's enemies
The Featured American Enemy of the Week is the Haqqani network in the Pakistan/Afghanistan border region. The New York Times warns in a headline today: "Brutal Haqqani Crime Clan Bedevils U.S. in Afghanistan," and reports that military officials want "the group [put] on the State Department’s list of terrorist organizations." Adm. Show More Summary
The collapse of American justice
Among the great untold stories of our time is this one: the last half of the twentieth century saw America's criminal justice system unravel. Signs of the unraveling are everywhere. The nation's record- shattering prison population has grown out of control. Show More Summary
Israel's misguided crackdown strategy
The Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Liberman has said that he fears "tens of thousands" of Palestinians may demonstrate this month to support a Palestinian bid for upgraded United Nations status, and predicts "bloodshed on a scale we...Show More Summary
Senate blocks House disaster aid bill
The Democratic-led Senate blocked a House-passed bill on Friday that would provide disaster aid and keep government agencies open, escalating the parties' latest showdown over spending and highlighting the raw partisan rift that has festered all year. Show More Summary
Palestinian leader asks UN to recognize state
The Palestinian president on Friday formally asked the United Nations to recognize a state of Palestine, defying U.S. and Israeli opposition. The application for full U.N. member sidesteps nearly two decades of troubled negotiations and risks a threatened American veto. Continue Reading...
Terrorism at a Thai brothel
BANGKOK, Thailand -- There are no battlefield guarantees in Asia's bloodiest Islamic insurgency, a jihad in Thailand's tropical south that has ended nearly 5,000 lives. But there are a few rules of thumb. In their self-proclaimed "holy...Show More Summary
Jon Stewart breaks down Palestinian statehood bid
The world of international diplomacy can be hard to navigate sometimes, so Jon Stewart broke Palestine's statehood bid down on "The Daily Show" last night in terms more easily understandable: It's like applying for an apartment. TheShow More Summary
Rick Perry goes it alone
Although born and raised in a small town in the Finger Lakes region of New York, I'm the hybrid child of an upstate New York father and a mother from Texas -- they met at Fort Hood (then Camp Hood) during World War II. And you thought different species couldn't mate.