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Tom Friedman's Take On "Wimps" and "The Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

How are we going to compete in years to come as we go head-to-head with societies that are far better equipped to deal with the exigencies of the future?

10,000 Protest Needle Stabbings In Urumqi, China

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 10.19.2009 | World


URUMQI, China — Security forces patrolled the street corners of Urumqi while residents voiced anger Friday, a day after thousands marched to pro...

Legendary Lawyer Doris Brin Walker Dies; Represented Angela Davis, Smith Act Defendants

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


Marjorie Cohn

The only woman in her University of California Berkeley law school class, Doris defied the odds throughout her life, achieving significant victories for labor, and political activists.

Xu Zhiyong and What His Detention Means for Rule of Law in China

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 09.17.2009 | World


Elizabeth Lynch

The Chinese Communist Party is unified by one principle: to remain in power. Any organized effort, even if within the confines of the law, will be viewed as a threat to the CCP's authority.

Harlem Chic

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 08.26.2009 | New York


Michael Henry Adams

Seeing celebrities, the Governor, Danny Glover, movie maker Al Maysles and his son Philip, and George Faison, acclaimed and beautiful actresses Marcia Gay Harden, Tamara Tunie, and Bette Midler , people who, despite their fame, live or work in Harlem, is no big thing.

China's Digital Green Dam: The Party Capitulates

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 07.31.2009 | World


Tom Doctoroff

The vast majority of Chinese believe an empowered central government guarantees individual and national gain. But this is a clear case of an evolving relationship between rulers and ruled.

Moldova Students Raid Parliament In Protest Of Newly Elected Communists

BBC | Posted 05.08.2009 | World


Demonstrators in Moldova have attacked the country's parliament in protest at the victory of the governing Communist Party in Sunday's general electio...

Gorbachev: Putin's Party Is Like "The Worst Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union"

AP | DAN PERRY | Posted 04.05.2009 | World


MOSCOW — In some of his strongest criticism of his successors, Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday likened Vladimir Putin's United Russia party to the...

The Sick Man of the North Atlantic

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics


Eric Margolis

Money, observed the witty British thinker Malcolm Muggeridge, is the homogenized form of power. No more money, no more power. The great imperialist ...

Rollin' With the Hate Talk Express
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.25.2008 | Home


The Media Consortium

NOTE: After you click a link, click the title of the item to get the full text or video. "We've got them just where we want them." With each bit of b...

Trying to Help This Country Makes Obama a Good Candidate, Not a Socialist

Tracy Lea Carnes | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home


Tracy Lea Carnes

Canada has a form of democratic socialism yet I don't see them suddenly amassing an army and marching across the border to impose their health care system, crazy accents, and Moulson beer on us. Inflicting Celine Dion on us was enough.

How Deeply is the U.S. involved in the Afghan Drug Trade?

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


Eric Margolis

Special for the Huffington Post By Eric Margolis October 15, 2008 Afghanistan is in a `downward spiral,' the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of S...

Republicans, Please Stop Calling Me a "Communist" Simply Because We Disagree

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


Brett Ashley McKenzie

For your sake, not mine, please stop calling me a communist. It reveals that you know so little about govt. that you're forced to regurgitate GOP talking points from over a half a century ago.

China and the Long Road Ahead

Steven Hill | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics


Steven Hill

Now that its coming-out party is over, it's time for China to demonstrate that it embraces the goal of improving the plight of its countryside.