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China Allows Guangcheng to Apply To Study Abroad
After Chen Guangchen’s phone call to a Congressional hearing, China will allow Guangcheng to apply to study abroad in the United States.
What Al Qaeda Thought Of Biden
The Combating Terrorism Center released 17 documents taken from Bin Laden’s compound a year ago in Abbottabad.
The Saga of Political Dissidents
We haven’t written at all about the escape of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, his rescue, his return and, now, change of heart, but I have a simple question for you all. If the roles were reversed, would the US goverment stand for China helping/interfering with US political dissident Bradley Manning?
Seriously, Austerity Is Not Working
As we brought to your attention the other day, austerity as a policy is not working. Economist Christina D. Romer writes, “The result is that austerity is uniquely destructive right now.”
Austerity is Dead, Long Live Austerity
With the failings of austerity as a large hammer to fix the world economy become oh-so-evident, still pundits and policy makers keep on pushing it through.
Made-Up-Quote of the Day
Ruport Murdoch testifying in UK said: “I don’t believe in using hacking, in using private detectives or whatever, that’s a lazy way of reporters not doing their job.”
North Korea’s “Peculiar Means”
I really don’t know what to make of this odd story out of North Korea.
Wal-Mart: Low Prices, Huge Bribes
As you’ve probably heard, Wal-Mart was hit with a bribery scandal in an effort to expand stores in Mexico. What’s interesting is that we have anti-corruption laws here in the United States that punish US-based companies for acts of foreign corruption.
Yom Ha’Shoah
Never Again! Never again can we stand silent when a government decides that genocide is the way to deal with its citizens. Never again can we forget to keep the memories alive of the millions of Jews, Roma, Gays, political dissidents, liberals and conservatives who perished at the hands of the Nazis. I also honor […]
US Troops Pose with Dead Insurgents
One of the big stories yesterday as the Los Angeles Times publishing of photographs that showed our troops posing with bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan.
Taliban Launch Coordinated Attacks
Yesterday, the Taliban along with its offshoot Haqqani launched several coordinated attacks in Kabul and other cities.
Iran To Continue Talking
Odd that a meeting to take another meeting is considered a success, but in dealing with Iran, you’ve got to take your victories no matter how small.
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