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Webバージョン  |  アップデート設定  |  登録解除 いいね ツイート 転送 http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com The Hubris of the Drones Posted by jon on 12 February, 2013 Bill Moyers Michael Winship Last week, The New York Times published a chilling account of how indiscriminate killing in war remains bad policy even today. read more Touré: America May Have Committed War Crimes Via Drone—but Keep Up Strikes Anyway Posted by Craig Brown on 12 February, 2013 Conor Friedersdorf Touré read more Did the Republicans Shoot Down the Keystone XL Pipeline? Posted by jon on 12 February, 2013 Tom Engelhardt Think of it as a prospective irony: in a spirit of pure, blind partisanship, the drill-baby-drill folks in the Republican Party may have done themselves in.  After all, their obsession with the Benghazi incident led them to launch a preemptive strike against the president's choice for secretary of state, Susan Rice, for her statements on what happened when the U.S. read more Ready for President Obama to Lead on Climate Change Posted by jon on 12 February, 2013 Frances Beinecke As New England digs out from a storm that left record-breaking snow and ice in its wake, people along the Mississippi River are dealing with the opposite problem: drought. Months of parched conditions have left the river at historically low levels, and the sharp drop in river transit has hit the region’s economy hard. read more To Obama: Close the Deal with Iran Posted by jon on 12 February, 2013 Ray McGovern Dear Mr. President: As you put the final touches to your State of the Union Address, I urge you to avoid overstating the “threat” from Iran. read more Innocent Until Proven Guilty; Imminent Until Proven — Too Late! Posted by jon on 12 February, 2013 Marcy Wheeler Code Pink protesters disrupt the start of John Brennan's Senate confirmation hearing. (Image: Getty Images)Those defending the language on imminence in the white paper released last week are right on one count: it is not new language. read more Republicans Take Abusers’ Side on VAWA Posted by jon on 12 February, 2013 Matthew Rothschild (Image: Screenshot via TPM media)It’s amazing to me that some Republicans and rightwing groups are intent on holding up the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Doing so shows not only boorish insensitivity but also a startling tone-deafness, since Republicans turned women away in droves last November by their Neanderthal comments on rape. read more On BDS, Academic Freedom and Democracy at Brooklyn College Posted by jon on 12 February, 2013 Judith Butler Editors Note: Despite a campaign to silence them, philsophers Judith Butler and Omar Barghouti spoke at Brooklyn College last week. In an exclusive, The Nation presents the text of Butler's remarks. read more Should An Armed Drone Be Dispatched to Kill Christopher Dorner? Posted by jon on 12 February, 2013 Glenn Greenwald read more The Real Debt Issue: It’s Not How Much We Will Owe, It’s Who Will Hold the Note Posted by jon on 12 February, 2013 John Atcheson There’s a dirty little secret lurking behind the Republican’s debt and deficit hysteria. read more 登録変更 | 登録解除

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