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    Democrats 1, Republicans 1

    OCTOBER 12, 2012 12:19PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: balanced budgets, jack kemp, middle east, laffer curve, ronald reagan, deficit, afghanistan, foreign policy, syria, iran, frank luntz, charitable giving deduction, health care deduction, mortgage deduction, tax dedictions, jfk tax cut, tax cuts for rich, supply side economics, vice president debate, democratic party, republican party, president obama, mitt romney, joe biden, paul ryan, economics, politics

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 1447 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Mission accomplished? Afghan women jailed for "running away"

    SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 1:55PM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: war on terror, equality, war, women's rights, afghanistan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 3922 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Losing GOP in denial over own failures

    SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 12:36PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: conspiracy theories, bailout, taxes, naill ferguson, cia, intelligence community, new york times, daily caller, navy seals, liberalism, conservatism, tea party, right wing, ideology, denial, right wing noise machine, wall street, economic crisis, george will, rush limbaugh, fox news, ross douthat, afghanistan, iraq, daily intelligence briefings, terrorism, september 11 attacks, osama bin ladin, dick cheney, george w. bush, president obama, mitt romney, democratic party, republican party, neo-conservatism, supply-side economics, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1612 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Protesting NATO war crimes in Chicago

    MAY 21, 2012 10:40PM

    By Emma Kaplan


    Topics: nato, chicago, afghanistan, anti war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1337 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    This war is nuts! What am I missing?

    MAY 16, 2012 10:50AM

    By myles spicer


    Topics: war, afghanistan, iraq, military

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 3019 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Sixteen Names: Who Were the Victims in Kandahar?

    MARCH 19, 2012 3:26PM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: panjwai, robert bales, kandahar, afghanistan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2606 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    “The Dancing Boys Of Afghanistan” — Examining Sexual Abuse

    FEBRUARY 14, 2012 11:34PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: women in afghan society, the dancing boys of afghanistan, abdul rashid dostum, sheberghan, radhika coomaraswamy, hamid karzai, taliban, sexual slavery, jamie doran, northern alliance, najibullah quaraishi, afghanistan, documentary film, child slavery, arts activism, bachi bazi

    • Editor's Pick
    • 89 Ratings
    • 5231 Views
    • 117 Comments
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    Honour was the Theme in Mass Murder

    JANUARY 29, 2012 10:12PM

    By FusunA


    Topics: i grew up in a muslim family too!, honor killing has nothing to do with religion, open call, polygamous marriage, patriarchal societies, mass murder, news, kingston-ontario, shafiah case, honour killings, shahrad mojab, feminism, islamic feminism, religious misogynism, rob tripp, gender apartheid, afghanistan, montreal, cbc

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 83389 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Is NATO employing slave labor in Afghanistan?

    JANUARY 9, 2012 7:07AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: war, sweden, afghanistan, human tracking, slavery

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 7278 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Nazi terror gang marketed anti-Jewish board game

    DECEMBER 5, 2011 10:49AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: terrorism, national socialist underground, germany, berlin, nazis, juden raus, afghanistan, pakistan, drone war, call of duty, black ops

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 2740 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    Occupational Hazards

    OCTOBER 17, 2011 6:38PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, vietnam, afghanistan, iraq, powell doctrine, weinberger doctrine, agenda, agendaless, leader, leaderless, occupy wall street, ows, the 1%, the 99%, we are the 99%, we are the 53%, actually you're the 47%, wall street, greed, corruption, terrorism, war on terror, asymmetric warfare, agent provocateur, agents provocateur, agents provocateur, change, declare victory, what's next, plan, go home, dismantle, aiken, quagmire, protests, peaceful, non-violent, first amendment, second amendment, st. crispen, saint crispen, st. crispen's day speech, saint crispen's day speech, henry v, lessig, lawrence lessig, constitutional convention, brin, david brin, sousveillance, klein, naomi klein, shock doctrine

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2041 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Why Amy Winehouse Matters

    JULY 25, 2011 11:42AM

    By Amy McMullen


    Topics: rehab, prohibition, norway massacre, mexico, legalization of drugs, lady gaga, kurt cobain, jimi hendrix, jim morrison, janis joplin, drug policy, drug education and rehabilitation, drug abuse, criminalization of drugs, brian jones, amy winehouse, alcoholism, afghanistan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 598 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Why Are We In Iraq, Again?

    JULY 11, 2011 2:19PM

    By Robert Steibel


    Topics: comics, cartoons, political cartoon, open call, robert steibel, apple creek comics, wild life, comedy, politics, china, cartoon saturday, north korea, afghanistan, leon panetta, iraq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 10386 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Obama signals era of permanent war

    JUNE 24, 2011 9:37AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: president, military contractor, washington post, jimmy zuma, john mccain, joe lieberman, congress, all volunteer military, al qaeda, taliban, bush, doctrine of preemption, war, afghanistan, obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1223 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Upon Fiddler's Green

    MAY 30, 2011 11:53AM

    By Backsight Forethought


    Topics: iraq, afghanistan, memorial day, fiddler's green, war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 3388 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    I Snuck Someone Into West Point

    MAY 25, 2011 3:13AM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: open call, mortifying disclosures, bonnie bernstein, terrorist, chocolate, flirt, spanish, west point, bullet proof vest, avon, united states military academy, thayer gate, 1979 chevy caprice, general douglas macarthur, cadet chapel, memorial day, museum, hudson valley, security, guards, 911, tour guide, hockey, stumbleupon, facebook, twitter, new york city, nyc, divorce, nanny, thayer hotel, football, stepford, michie stadium, military, my tiny hypocrisy, open call, mount saint mary college, afghanistan, iraq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 1255 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    War is for Other People

    MAY 15, 2011 5:25PM

    By toritto


    Topics: family, music, politics. volunteer military, perpetual war, afghanistan, disconnection from war, conscription, what we have lost

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 949 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    I'm So Sorry, Mr. Robinson

    MAY 13, 2011 6:47AM

    By Backsight Forethought


    Topics: spider robinson, physicist, science fiction, afghanistan, soldiers, war, fiction, writing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1411 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    O Positive

    MAY 9, 2011 1:37AM

    By Backsight Forethought


    Topics: war, military, iraq, afghanistan, norway, france, mongolia, portugal, great britain, germany, australia, greek, turk, nato, red cross, 9/11, news, blood

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1522 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    A Gleek in Afghanistan

    MAY 5, 2011 10:45AM

    By Backsight Forethought


    Topics: saved by pop culture, glee, war, afghanistan, open call, music

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