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Olympics vs. Human Rights? 04.01.08

Mother Jones writes about the emerging debate surrounding the torch relay passing through San Francisco — and elsewhere in ‘Free Tibet’ vs. ‘Free-Speech Zones.’

Though now a symbol of global unity, the torch relay got its start during the so-called Fascist Olympics held in 1936 Berlin, when the Nazis seized upon the idea as a way [...]

Hypocritical U.S. Executive Starts Space War 02.20.08

Hey! Southern Neighbours! Thanks so much, Mr. President, for shooting down your highly classified spy satellite full of toxic hyrdazine over our Pacific Coast. Even though the risk to humans was infinitesimally small, we all know that you’ll pay any price to protect people from harm — not matter how remote or unlikely. [...]

Waving Goodbye to Hegemony 01.25.08

Hegemony or Survival? Perhaps the question has been already answered. America is doubtless on the decline and while the business and investment community has awoken to this fact, old media is waking up , too.
Parag Khanna writes in next week’s New York Times Magazine:
It is 2016, and the Hillary Clinton or John McCain or Barack [...]