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IAEA Not Worried About Second Iran Nuclear Site

Nov 5, 2009
U.N. inspectors have found “nothing to be worried about” in their first report after visiting a previously secret uranium-enrichment site south of Tehran. The clean assessment, which described the site as a “hole in a mountain,̶...

Internet Reads From a New Script

Oct 31, 2009
In what is being described as the biggest change to how the Internet works in 40 years, the ICANN Internet oversight organization has finally approved plans to allow Web addresses to include...

Lying to Our Children

Oct 31, 2009
Education Secretary Arne Duncan feels that “we’re lying to our children” when we accept low student achievement standards, a policy that sees many states promoting children to the next grade...

Obama Trims (Some) Fat with Weapons Bill

Oct 28, 2009
In a move that some are praising as a major victory against the powerful weapons lobby, President Barack Obama was able to cut out several expensive programs, thus cutting down on defense spending, in the new $680 billion dollar military bill he sign...

Afghanistan: Fraud, Opium and Taliban

Oct 23, 2009
If an athlete is caught cheating in the Olympics or another sports competition, that person is disqualified, and it is seen as a disgrace. In the case of the recent election in Afghanistan,...

Christmas Cheer, at Last

Dec 25, 2009
By Eugene Robinson Last Christmas we were staring into the economic abyss. A year later, there’s reason to smile—but no telling where we’ll be a year from now. Related Entries December 22, 2009 What Went Awry in Copenhagen? December 20,...

Jane Ciabattari on Kurt Vonnegut

Dec 25, 2009
A wondrous new collection of previously unpublished vintage Vonnegut confirms his enduring and subversive ear for the absurd and the tragicomic. Related Entries December 22, 2009 What Went Awry in Copenhagen? December 20, 2009 Get Pregnant, Get...

Larry's List: Christmas Eve Edition

Dec 24, 2009
Twas the night before Christmas, and ... eh, screw it. Enough of Christmas. Here are the newsy bits you’ve been craving more than that pumpkin pie: The Simpsons, torture, gay marriage, crime-fighting music and more. On a regular basis, Truthdig brings...

Between a Japanese Christmas and a French Halloween

Dec 24, 2009
By William Pfaff Will Christmas in America end up like Christmas in Japan, or Halloween in France? That is to say, a merchandising opportunity that eventually flopped. Related Entries December 22, 2009 What Went Awry in...

Miracle on K Street

Dec 24, 2009
By Mike Luckovich Related Entries December 22, 2009 What Went Awry in Copenhagen? December 20, 2009 Get Pregnant, Get Court-Martialed


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