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Will Obama Help Change Asia's Racism?

David A. Love | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: India, Hu Jintao, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, President Obama, Obama, Media, Tibet, China, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics, Hip Hop, Indonesia, Yukio Hatoyama, Africa, Racism, Discrimination, Buddhism, Asia, African Americans, Colonialism, Asian Americans, China Human Rights, Japan, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Foreign Policy, Tokyo, Human Rights, Advertising, South Korea, Genocide, Hawaii, World War II, North Korea, World News
David A. Love

President Obama's visit to Asia showed how long a journey it's been since the 1955 Bandung Conference, the historic meeting of African and Asian states striving for self-determination.

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Reorganizing the Caribbean

Eric Lurio | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Turks-Caicos-Prime-Minister, French West Indies, The Netherlands Antilles, Colonialism, Turks & Caicos, Aruba, The Caribbean, Saba, World News
Eric Lurio

The countdown has started. Exactly a year from now, on October 10th, 2010, the Netherlands Antilles will cease to exist. On that day, each of the fiv...

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More Fear-Mongering Claptrap from Max Boot

Malou Innocent | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: Empire, Colonialism, Imperialism, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, World News
Malou Innocent

Instead of increasing troops, America should scale back its military presence. Rather than trying to protect Afghan villages from the Taliban, the United States should concentrate on al Qaeda cells in Pakistan.

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Large and in Charge

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Depression, Colonialism, Hawthorne, Fat, Strunk and White, My Friend Baker, Glamour Magazine, Girls Body Image, Women and Body Image, Natives, Body Image, How-to-Speed-Up-Metabolism, Christianity, Religious Conversion, Metabolism, Poor Richard's Almanack, My Friend Emily, Chinese Food, Benjamin Franklin, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

Whether you're colonizing natives in the New World or trying to keep women down without actually having to do anything, it's always good to make the people you control feel that everything is their idea.

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Deodorant Ads Help Us Learn About an Important Word: Incitement

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 09.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Colonialism, Poor Richard, Calories, Advertising, Henry David Thoreau, Incitement, Deodorant, New York Times, Ben Franklin, Arm Pits, Conversion, Cabeza De Vaca, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

It's how a culture gets you to read yourself, so that you think you are just expressing and reacting to your natural, real self. But hello, culture invented your self. It's not entirely natural.

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A Few Thoughts on Mindfulness, Lobsters, and Serial Killers

Todd Kashdan | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Creativity, History, Intelligence, Colonialism, Mindfulness, Food, Morality, Disability, Happiness, Parents, Living News
Todd Kashdan

If we rely on categories, labels, rules, and what other people say and do, we will miss out on the rich complexity of life. We will make less optimal decisions. We will be less creative and less productive, and feel less autonomous.

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Decline Can Make Britain a Better Country

Alex Higgins | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, History, Newsweek, Labour Party, Tony Blair, Foreign Affairs, Decline, Slavery, Africa, Britain, America, Afghanistan War, South America, Nazi Germany, Colonialism, The Civil War, Tony Blair European Union, India Economy, Foreign Policy, Great Britain, Britain-Afghanistan, World War II, Imperialism, China Economy, Britain Iraq, World News
Alex Higgins

There is a distinct lack of enthusiasm for attempting to govern other parts of the world by force, let alone envy of the global superpower.

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War and Pieces: A Review of Kamila Shamsie's Burnt Shadows

Adrienne Celt | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Literature, Iraq War, Politics, Colonialism, Nagasaki, Book Review, Cia, Pakistan, Orange Prize for Fiction, Pakistani Literature, Novels, Globalization, India, Atomic Bomb, Burnt Shadows, Living News
Adrienne Celt

The book is complex and sweeping in scope, seeking to tie together not just the disparate lives of its inhabitants, but also several of the most noted international tragedies in recent history.

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Colonizing Iraq: The Obama Doctrine?

Michael Schwartz | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Oil, Colonialism, Ray Odierno, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iraq Withdrawal, General Odierno, Iraq, Obama Iraq, World News
Michael Schwartz

Obama's policy is to reduce the U.S. military "footprint" in Iraq. The administration is opting not for blunt-edged, Bush-style militarism, but for what might be thought of as an administrative push.

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Will the US Withdraw from Iraqi Cities on June 30?

Michael Schwartz | Posted 07.29.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iraq Military, Colonialism, World News
Michael Schwartz

The US military is attempting to continue its campaign of pacification, using Iraqi troops under US command on the front lines, with US troops playing support roles.

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Showing Up for "The Soloist"

Carol Smaldino | Posted 07.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Joe Write, Colonialism, Steve Lopez, The Soloist, Carol Smaldino, Homelessness, US Poverty, Schizophrenia, Racism, Jamie Foxx, Accountability, Robert Downey Jr, Compassion, Entertainment News
Carol Smaldino

This is a film that can be so moving in stunningly powerful ways that it may be tempting to avoid watching it.

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A New Day in South America

Eyck Freymann | Posted 05.20.2009 | World

Read More: South America, Nationalize, Colonialism, Hugo Chavez, Eyck Freymann, Lithium, Economy, Brazil, Evo Morales, Lula, Socialism, World News
Eyck Freymann

Evo Morales' charisma and resonant populist message have revolutionary potential throughout the South American continent. The question is only whether he will be thwarted by foreign governments and corporations.

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Inclusive Capitalism Not Economic Colonialism: the G20 and the Future

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Microcredit, Colonialism, Poverty, Muhammad Yunus, Microfinance, World Bank, Economy, g20, Financial Crisis, Imf, Capitalism, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

We have seen what happens when Capitalism runs amok and is not inclusive. The problem is not capitalism, it is greed and the lack of the human element.

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Prince Harry's Diary Leaked

Katie Halper | Posted 03.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Colonialism, Prince William, Parties, Prince Harry Raghead, Prince Harry, Prince Harry Paki, Fergie, Facebook, Sarah Ferguson, Prince Harry Apologizes, Prince Charles, Royal Family, Nazism, British Royal Family, Prince Harry Video, Prince Harry's Girlfriend, Chelsea Davy, Nazi, Politicsfascism, Katie Halper, Prince Harry Diary, Comedy News
Katie Halper

We got our hands on the Royal's very own personal diary, which foreshadows much of the Prince's offensive behavior. The entries below from January 2005 bring us into the mind of a Nazi-uniform-sporting Prince.

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Even Bigger than The Hype: Obama's Candidacy as World-Historical

Shahid Buttar | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Reverend Wright and Racism, Colonialism, John McCain, Mccain, Grassroots, 2008 Recession, Obama, Immigration, Diplomacy, Post-Colonialism, Equal Opportunity, Recession, Racial Profiling, Barack Obama, McCain Iraq, Obama Diplomacy, Nelson Mandela, John McCain 2008, Benazir Bhutto, Economic Recession, Obama 2008, Racism, Discrimination, Middle East Diplomacy, McCain 2008, History, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

But even though racial inequities persist, there is no doubt that the first black President will be a milestone, a watershed seemingly unthinkable before Obama's meteoric candidacy.

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