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Friday Morning Fix - January 2nd, 2009
Happy New Year and welcome to the very first Friday Morning Fix of 2009!
After more than six years of living in the sunny Caribbean I’ve finally moved back to Massachusetts (when I arrived it was 8 degrees Fahrenheit and snowing). Thanks to those of you who sent “good luck” emails and best wishes. I appreciate [...]
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The Double-Edged Sword of Globalization
The dust is far from settled in Mumbai after one of the worst terrorist attacks on Indian soil was perpetrated last week. However, information and explanations are beginning to trickle out and the experts are trying to make sense of it all - not an easy task. Olivier Guitta writes in the Middle East Times: [...]
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Colin Powell versus Sarah Palin
In 1968, Major Colin Powell (assigned to the “Americal Division” and serving in Vietnam) was involved in a helicopter crash and, although he himself miraculously avoided serious injury, he disregarded his own safety and made two trips back into the flaming wreckage to rescue two fellow soldiers. He went on to serve 35 years in [...]
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Torturing Democracy
This weekend I watched a documentary entitled Torturing Democracy. It’s an in-depth look at the United States’ official policies on torture, complete with hard data (including official government documents) on the Bush administration’s clear approval of “enhanced interrogation techniques” which violate the Geneva Convention, the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Constitution [...]
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