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Hold Still on Oil Drilling

Posted: August 29, 2010
Until the finger-pointing stops, offshore moratorium must remain THERE IS no way the moratorium on deepwater oil drilling should be lifted this year — not after this week’s federal inquiry into the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster brought to light the incompetence and unaccountability among major players in the industry. Back in May, after ... continue reading...

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In South Africa, Media Endangered

Posted: August 26, 2010
In South Africa, Media Endangered IN WELCOMING the world to the World Cup in June, South African President Jacob Zuma boasted that the tournament exemplified his country’s leading role for all of Africa. Sixteen years after a multiracial democracy emerged from the oppressive apartheid system, South Africa has a constitution that, as Zuma put it, “enshrines human rights to ensure ... continue reading...

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Obama’s Two-Step on NY Mosque

Posted: August 18, 2010
PRESIDENT OBAMA had it right the first time in talking about the mosque proposed near ground zero of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Speaking last Friday at the White House celebration of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Obama said, “The 9/11 attacks were a deeply traumatic event for ... continue reading...

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Repeal a Tax Cut No One Can Afford

Posted: August 3, 2010
FOR ALL that the Republicans have done to kill and dilute legislation on climate change, health care, and financial reform, there is one issue that Americans want President Obama and the Democratic majority to buck up on: repeal of the Bush tax cuts on the rich. A Pew Research Center/National Journal Congressional ... continue reading...

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Speaking Out

Posted: August 1, 2010
Speaking Out Obama can make Sherrod firing a teachable moment OF THE many ironies that continue to astound Shirley Sherrod, the most urgent is how the firing line was so white from the administration of the first African-American president. “One of the hard things I found out, when they were dealing with me, was that there was ... continue reading...

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Breach of Trust

Posted: July 27, 2010
PRESIDENT OBAMA must confront fresh revelations that the Afghan war itself and Pakistan’s alleged duplicitous participation remain out of control. On Sunday, The New York Times, the Guardian in London, and Der Spiegel in Germany published unflattering classified military documents leaked by WikiLeaks, an Internet whistleblower organization. As for the ... continue reading...

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The Harder They Should Fall

Posted: June 29, 2010
THERE IS no need for BP CEO Tony Hayward to shun yacht races as Louisiana drowns in his oil. The Obama administration has ultimately assured BP smooth sailing through the slick. BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, who said “we care about the small people,’’ should feel free to continue to patronize angry ... continue reading...

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More Offensive Than the Vuvuzela

Posted: June 23, 2010
More Offensive Than the Vuvuzela I wish we could import some of the outrage against the vuvuzela into more serious sports matters, such as banning of the tomahawk chop... continue reading...

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Let’s Not Trash Our Roadways

Posted: June 17, 2010
COUNTLESS TIMES, you have seen a cigarette butt, a coffee cup, a soda bottle, or a fast-food bag fly out of the car ahead of you. If you are like me, you shake your head, mutter something unkind about the IQ in the vehicle ahead of you and wish a squad car ... continue reading...

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Public Education’s Dire Straits

Posted: June 15, 2010
THE ALARMS keep ringing in the national emergency of public education. One was a recent Globe story highlighting how parents in Arlington are raising $1 million, not just to prop up extracurricular activities like music and sports, but to pay teacher salaries. “It gets away from the true notion of a public education,’’ Rosemary Driscoll, ... continue reading...

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