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Emotional Resilience In Traumatic Times (Carolyn Baker)
Apr. 15, 2011 (Speaking Truth To Power) -- While mainstream media have been encouraging collective dithering over a possible U.S. government shutdown, the chilling realities of off-the-chart levels ...
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BOOKS: Monsoon - The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power. By Robert D. Kaplan (Jim Miles)
Monsoon - The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power. Robert D. Kaplan. Random House, New York, 2010 April 13, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- When I first read Robert Kaplan, it was shortly ...
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100 Reasons for Revolution (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust April 12, 2011 -- There comes a time when the Gordian knot must be cut, when the systems and processes that might have been used to correct the errors and ...
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Why Do People Hate John Maynard Keynes? (Mike Whitney)
John Maynard Keynes Apr. 9, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Anyone who spends time on the economics blogs knows that Keynes is blamed for everything from the Wall Street bailouts to ...
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The Peasants Need Pitchforks (Robert Scheer)
Apr. 6, 2011 (TruthDig) -- A “working class hero,” John Lennon told us in his song of that title, “is something to be/ Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV/ And you think you’re so clever and ...
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U.S. Consumer Confidence Droops to Three-Month Low in March (Shobhana Chandra)
Mar. 29, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence among U.S. consumers dropped more than forecast in March as fuel costs surged to the highest level in more than two years. The Conference Board’s confidence ...
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The Capitalist Follies (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Mar. 28, 2011 -- There are days in this world when the events overwhelm us. Forces of nature batter us and remind us of how frail our lives and our societies ...
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5 Reasons Why Technology Can Never Be Neutral (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Mar. 27, 2011 -- It's repeated so often that few of us even stop to question its validity: "Technology is neutral. It's only as good or as bad as those using it." Here ...
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Vermont House Passes Single-Payer Health Care Bill (Chris Garofolo)
Vermont Single-Payer Health Care Rally. Jobs with Justice, flickr Mar. 25, 2011 -- MONTPELIER (Brattleboro Reformer) -- The Vermont House of Representatives passed a bill calling for a single-payer ...
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Natural Flow of History: Hamas Should Rethink Charter (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Mar. 24, 2011 -- “Now it is time to naturalize the flow of history,” wrote Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (British Guardian, Mar. 16, 2011). ...
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Japan’s ‘BP Moment’ Troubles Global Economy (William Pesek)
Mar. 20, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- You never want to kick a nation when it’s down. It’s time, though, to consider the depth of Japan’s coming recession. A week ago, before radiation fears prompted a mass ...
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