Tom Pfingsten
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Tom Pfingsten is a freelance journalist and graduate student in Specialized Journalism at the University of Southern California.

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What Koman Coulibaly's Blown Call Says About Us

Posted June 21, 2010 | 12:15:44 (EST)

Whether or not Jim Joyce will be sending Koman Coulibaly a Christmas card this year, one thing is painfully clear after the U.S.-Slovenia World Cup match: Misery does indeed love company.

Moments after Coulibaly, a Malian soccer referee, blew the most important call of the game -- overturning a U.S....

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Biden Was Here. Now What?

Posted March 19, 2010 | 03:29:06 (EST)

Every Friday, 19-year-old Uri Agnon walks with 200 other people from West Jerusalem to a Palestinian neighborhood just north of the Old City.

The Arabs who live in Sheikh Jarrah have been on notice for almost 30 years: The Israeli government wants them out. But using legal challenges--and with the...

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Anti-Gay Marriage Legal "Ministry" Wants to Represent CA County in Prop 8 Trial

Posted March 10, 2010 | 15:09:21 (EST)

During the November 2008 election, two-thirds of the voters in a sparsely populated desert county east of San Diego decided in favor of Proposition 8.

A year later, as the constitutional amendment was being challenged in court, the Imperial County Board of Supervisors decided to throw its hat in...

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