1. Foreign Entanglements  permalink

Foreign Entanglements
Bill Doolittle / Bad Attitudes

Take a look at Bob Herbert’s column in today’s New York Times . Unless I’m missing something, I’d say the liberals in this country have been screwed again. If others feel as I do, then Obama will be a one termer — even if he gets some watered-down health care thing through. I just cannot see folks like me (and the hundreds of others who ...

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2. 100 Miles of Mirrors  permalink

Alex Carlin / In These Times

As world leaders and delegations prepare to meet in Copenhagen for the two-week UN Climate Change conference beginning Monday, it's worth asking two basic questions: How bad is global warming? And is the world on track to fix it? To answer the first question: it's more than just bad. It's bleak. According to James Hansen, NASA's top climate ...

3. INSIDE CUBA: Voices From the Island  permalink

INSIDE CUBA: Voices From the Island
Achy Obejas / In These Times

When my family escaped from Cuba in 1963--on a boat in the middle of the night--we thought the Cuban Revolution wouldn't last. Soon, we believed, we'd be back home, in Cuba--brief sojourns in the U.S. having been practically a ritual for dissenting Cubans after any change in government. My family wasn't rich--we owned nothing--but we wanted to go ...

4. From the Tabloids to the Ballot  permalink

From the Tabloids to the Ballot
Washingtonindependent.com

In my piece about Randall Terry’s Tea Party-driven comeback, I broke the news that Terry’s activists were going to mount congressional campaigns in 2010 for the express purpose of putting anti-abortion rights TV ads on the air inside the beltway. Along those same lines, the persistent Obama conspiracy figure Larry Sinclair — a ...

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5. Empathy, Not Apathy  permalink

Empathy, Not Apathy
Karla Jay / In These Times

Dear Students, Where have we--your elders-failed? Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the Columbia University uprisings. The students had many grievances, including the university's attempt to build a private gym in a public park and its involvement in the war in Vietnam, as well as the war itself and the unpopular draft. This year marks the ...