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Bans, Bans, Bans... How Demonising Adults Has Become Popular

Alan Miller | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

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Alan Miller

It has become increasingly the case that the sentiment is one that people generally are irresponsible and in need of supervision from bureaucratic politicians. This is extremely dangerous.

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Clinton In Pakistan Confronts Rising Anti-Americanism

nytimes.com | MARK LANDLER | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

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Kerry-Lugar Aid Bill Viewed Warily By Pakistanis

nytimes.com | Salman Masood | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: Us Aid Pakistan, Kerry-Lugar Bill, Anti-Americanism, Foreign Affairs, Kerry-Lugar, Pakistan Us Aid, Pakistan, Anti-Americanism Pakistan, World News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan As the Obama administration weighs a shift in its military strategy in Afghanistan, it is also stepping up its efforts to increase...

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Americans and Ramallah Youth

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

Read More: Intifada, Barak Obama, Anti-Americanism, Americans, Palestinians, America, Usaid, Young Palestinians and Obama, Young Palestinians, Usaid Palestine, Barack Obama Palestinians, Fatah, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Has it become acceptable among Palestinians to wear a hat or a T-shirt praising Americans? The answer most respondents had can be summarized in two words: Barack Obama.

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The Winter Olympics -- Cough -- Welcomes You

Giles Slade | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Richmond B.C., Alaska, Steven Colbert, Jim Carey, Winter Olympics, Anti-Americanism, Jon Stewart, Vancouver Olympics, Mormonism, Canada, Vancouver International Airport, Utah, Speedskating, Sarah Palin, Whistler Olympics, World News
Giles Slade

I warn you: smallness is what to expect of your Canadian hosts, and this is why tourism in this beautiful country is still a shabby disaster.

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Post-Election Iran: What America Must Do Now

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.15.2009 | World

Read More: Freedom of the Press, Dialogue, Palestine, Women's Rights, Hostages, Martyrdom, President Obama, Reformist, Obama, Iran, Iran-Contra, Revolution, Freedom, Israel, Khomeini, Ayatollah, Islamist, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian, Afghanistan, Cultural Revolution, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Khatami, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Superpower, Iranian-Presidential-Election, Iraq, Muslim, Non-Muslim, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran News, Iran Election, Iran Elections, Iran Election News, Election Iran, Shirin Sadeghi Post-Election Iran, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

The Iranian Republic requires American antagonism to uphold its regional influence and its stranglehold on the Iranian people - the United States should deprive it of this gift.

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Time to Call Off the Predators?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Terrorists, Predators, Afghanistan, Pakistan, David Petraeus, Civilian Casualties, Islamic Extremists, Asif Ali Zardari, Obama, Drones, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Obama Diplomacy, Airstrikes, Anti-Americanism, David Kilcullen, Pakistani Taliban, Taliban, World News
Hoyt Hilsman

No single issue that has fueled the flames of anti-Americanism in Pakistan more than the bombings of their country by our Predator drones.

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Poverty Fueling Muslim Anti-West Tendencies: Study

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Middle East, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Muslim, Muslims, Anti-West, Anti-Americanism, Poverty, Gallup, Gallup Polls, Gallup Poll, Gallup Study, Religion, World News

LONDON — Joblessness and poverty are a more potent source of tension between Muslims and wider European and U.S. society than religious differen...

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Letting Texas Secede

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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Robbie Gennet

Governor Rick Perry of Texas brought up the specter of Secession recently and upon polling, a fair amount of Texans and other Americans seem to think Texas seceding from the US would be a good idea.

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Iranian Snub? Not Quite

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 04.21.2009 | World

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Nathan Gonzalez

There is a very important reason for Iran's reluctance to change its tone overnight. It is due to a political trend I call the "cult of anti-Americanism."

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Is Russia Ready To Make Nice?

Robert Coalson | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Hillary Clinton, Anti-Americanism, Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin, World News
Robert Coalson

Ever since U.S. Vice President Joe Biden brought forth the "reset-button" theory of U.S.-Russia relations last month, there has been a seeming flood o...

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Holbrooke Visits Wary U.S. Ally In Pakistan

New York Times | Jane Perlez | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

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When the envoy Richard C. Holbrooke arrives here Monday looking for ways to stop a runaway Islamist insurgency that is destabilizing Pakistan, he will...

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Iran's Anti-Americanism Not Easily Undone With New US President

The Christian Science Monitor | Scott Peterson | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

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"On that day when the United States of America will praise us, we should mourn," said Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revol...

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Obama and Anti-Americanism

Sunil Adam | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Americanism, Islam, Middle East, Obama, Terrorism, Blacks, Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Muslim World, World News
Sunil Adam

Without taking anything away from his charismatic appeal, not to mention his policy proposals, could Obama's popularity outside of sub-Saharan Africa be considered an expression of anti-Americanism?

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In Lebanon, Students Find Hero In Iraqi Shoe Thrower

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

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Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

* Scroll down for video As former President Carter ended his trip to Lebanon where he spoke to a crowd of students about peace and was only interrupt...

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How Obama Can Win the World's Trust

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: India, Anti-Americanism, Tharoor, Shashi Tharoor, Obama, America's Image in the World, Shashi, Barack Obama, International, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News
Shashi Tharoor

America has no need to act as if it has nothing to teach the rest of the world. The best way to do so is to revive America's finest traditions.

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Ahmadinejad's Letter To Obama, His Response, and Its Impact on the Islamic World

Omid Memarian | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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Omid Memarian

Obama's response to Ahmadinejad's congratulations letter could be the first step toward drawing a new foreign policy framework in order to bring the United States on the right track.

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Patriotism Reclaimed by a Fake American

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Afghanistan, Election, 2012, Patriotism, John McCain, Anti-Americanism, Palin 2012, Barack Obama, Socialists, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Surely the ugliest legacy of the presidential campaign was this resurgence of the right-wing Republican idea of a patriotic "real America" battling against the evils of leftist ideology.

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An All-American Obama Nation (VIDEO)

Hilary Beard | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

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Hilary Beard

The McCain/Palin campaign has engaged in an abominable campaign of painting Obama and his backers as "un-American." But Obama's supporters know that the candidate personifies the American dream.

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Observations From an Ersatz American

Terrance Heath | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Americanism, Jingoism, Anti-Intelectuals, Social Conservatives, Patriotism, John McCain, Anti-Americanism, Joe the Plumber, Racism, Mccarthyism, Race, Politics News
Terrance Heath

As black gay male, a member of the upper middle class, a college-educated white collar worker, and a non-Christian and non-theist, I am one of the most irrelevant, least important voters in this election.

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Would Ms. Sarah Palin Please Shut the Hell Up?

Aram Khayatpour | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Politics of Division, Election 2008, Election, America, Sarah Palin, Palin Pro-American Areas, Anti-Americanism, Politics News
Aram Khayatpour

How are we supposed to vote for a ticket and a party that does not believe all of America is really America?

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Bachmann Backpedals From "Anti-American" Comment, Blames Media

Jane Devin | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Hardball, Anti-Americanism, Michele Bachmann, Msnbc, Michele Bachmann Obama Anti-American, Michele Bachmann Hardball, Barack Obama, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, John McCain, House Races, Home News
Jane Devin

Bachmann made a pointed accusation, defended it, and when faced with the politically disastrous consequences, took a page out of Palin's tired right-wing notebook and blamed the media.

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So, You're Anti-American. Is There a Cure?

Jamie Frevele | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Attack Ads, John McCain, Anti-Americanism, Sarah Palin, 2008 Election and Race, Palin Pro-American Areas, Socialism, Joe Mccarthy, Barack Obama, Michelle Bachman Anti-American Views, Socialists, Politics News
Jamie Frevele

I can't do anything about where I live to cure myself of being "anti-American." But what about my family and friends? Some of them are "anti-American," some of them actually are "pro-American."

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Rethinking the American Electorate after an Obama Victory

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Americanism, Mariano Rivera, Baseball, Bill Ayers, Yogi Berra, Progressive Movement, Progressive Politics, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

For years now a central piece of the progressive worldview is that progressives are enlightened Americans in a sea of their ignorant, bigoted and narrow-minded compatriots.

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I Agree With Michele Bachmann

Dan Sweeney | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Americanism, Chris Matthews, Michelle Bachmann, Congress, Mccarthyism, Election 2008, Republicans, Michele Bachmann, House Races, Politics News
Dan Sweeney

It's high time somebody investigated congresspeople -- nay, government officials in all three branches of government -- and rooted out the anti-Americans among them.

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