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Ibargüen Video on Journalism and New Media (Chuck Gregory)
This from another Wesleyan alum, albeit before my time there. I thought Alberto's views were highly relevant to the way news reporting has changed in the last few years. Alberto Ibargüen ’66, P’97 ...
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Colorado: stepping stone or dead end for the Hick? (Chuck Gregory)
I'm providing an excerpt from a New York Times Magazine article about a classmate of mine, way back in the '70s at Wesleyan University. No, it's not the famous coach... this guy is into politics. ...
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Forecast 2011 -- Gird Your Loins for Lower Living Standards (James Howard Kunstler)
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Dec. 3, 2010 Introduction Sheesh. Was I ever wrong last year about those stock market indexes. I called for Dow 4,000 and look where the darn thing ended ...
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Why Washington Hates Hugo Chavez (Mike Whitney)
Jan. 1, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- In late November, Venezuela was hammered by torrential rains and flooding that left 35 people dead and roughly 130,000 homeless. If George Bush had been ...
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America Has Gone Away (Paul Craig Roberts)
Dec. 29, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Anyone who doesn’t believe that the US is an incipient fascist state needs only to consult the latest assault on civil liberty by Fox News (sic). ...
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Justice Has Prevailed: Khodorkovsky's trip to the slammer (Mike Whitney)
"Booyah, Putin" Dec. 30, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Vladimir Putin summed it up best when he said, "A thief should sit in jail." Right on. It doesn't matter if he is the richest man in the ...
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Research Links Rise in Falluja Birth Defects and Cancers to US Assault (Martin Chulov)
Defects in newborns 11 times higher than normal; 'War contaminants' from 2004 attack could be cause Dec. 31, 2010 (The Guardian/UK) -- A study examining the causes of a dramatic spike in birth ...
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Economic Prediction for 2011: Profits for Wall St, More Pain for Main St (Robert Reich)
Dec. 30, 2010 (RobertReich.org) -- What will happen to the US economy in 2011? If you're referring to profits of big corporations and Wall Street, next year is likely to be a good one. But if you're ...
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Tax Cuts Move US Closer to Fiscal Crisis (Simon Johnson)
Dec. 30, 2010 (The Capital Times, Wisconsin) -- President Barack Obama is receiving congratulations for moving to the center on the tax agreement with Republicans last week. Both sides think they ...
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2010: The Big Con Continues (Ted Morgan)
Dec. 30, 2010 (CommonDreams.org) -- Despite the end-of-the-year upturn with Congressional ratification of the START Treaty and repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the United States remains stuck in a ...
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'The Next Financial Crisis is Not Far Off' (Jayati Ghosh)
We were told the world economy was back on track, but festering problems threaten to hit developing countries hard Dec. 30, 2010 (The Guardian/UK) -- It's been an difficult year globally. It began ...
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