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General Petraeus Joins Troops Diagnosed With Cancer

R. B. Stuart | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

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R. B. Stuart

In 2003 General Petraeus led the troops into the massive battle of "shock and awe" in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 101st Airborne was the first to pav...

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Help Save the Moon

Amy Ephron | Posted 10.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Help Save the Moon, Shock and Awe, Nasa, Moon, Bombing-the-Moon, Astronomy, Astronauts, Lunar Explosion, Celestial Explosion, Comedy News
Amy Ephron

On Friday, NASA is planning to crash into the moon. I'm just wondering: who gave them permission to crash into the moon?

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1:1 Proportionality: If You Want War, Why Not Try Fairness?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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Stephen C. Rose

I see no reason why in any war there should not be 1:1 proportionality, the idea of killing no more than have been killed by the enemy.

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Obama's Economy

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

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Michael Likosky

If the TARP banks are to be a main investment vehicle for the next stage of recovery -- as they should be, it is after all our money not theirs -- it is heartening to have Obama at the helm.

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Robert McNamara and America's Tragic Memory Loss

Will Bunch | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, 1960s, Michael Jackson Death, Vietnam War, Iraq War, Vietnam, Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, Iraq and Vietnam, Shock and Awe, Politics News
Will Bunch

Even after McNamara spelled out everything that went so horribly wrong in Vietnam, he lived long enough to see a new generation of the self-appointed "best and brightest" in Washington pay absolutely no mind to the lessons of our recent past.

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Anniversary in Damascus

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

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Freddy Deknatel

Khalid and Hussein are friends from Baghdad, though Hussein in his forties is a bit older. He is Shi'i; Khalid is Sunni. None of this matters to them.

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My Conversation with Robert Gates

Tavis Smiley | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

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Tavis Smiley

2009-03-12-gates.jpgI asked Secretary Gates about the recent increase of violence in Iraq and the notion that we are not winning in Afghanistan.

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Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

Randall Amster | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

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Randall Amster

Don't you get a small adrenaline surge when the serious-sounding NPR news voice comes on the radio at the top of the hour, and you're wondering what new calamity has transpired?

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My Uncensored Interview with Deepak Chopra

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

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Michelle Haimoff

I spoke to Chopra Tuesday and gave him the opportunity to speak candidly about censorship in the media, the new patriotism, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, and latent anti-Muslim racism in the United States.

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The Bitter Irony Of Five Years' Occupation

NY Times | John Burns | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Warwire, Iraq Five Years of War, Iraq, War in Iraq, Shock and Awe, Politics News

FIVE years on, it seems positively surreal. On the evening of March 19, 2003, a small group of Western journalists had grandstand seats for the big ...

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