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New legislation would make all diplomatic contact with Iran illegal. Stephen Zunes explains why we need to keep the lines of communication open.
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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How Private Warmongers and the US Military Infiltrated American Universities

Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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"Gandhi would reject Occupy Wall Street’s division between the 99 percent and the 1 percent; he did not believe in enemies" (Guest Op-Ed); "The greatest threat to Israel right now might be the temptation to do nothing at all" (Friedman); "Egyptians must continue to believe. A revolution’s failure and success cannot be measured after only a few months, or even years" (Guest Op-Ed); "Self-righteousness is blinding Germans, and Americans, from making sensible policy decisions" (Nocera); "Italy must move far beyond the farce of the Berlusconi era" (Bruni); "If former Speaker Newt Gingrich broke Washington, is he the perfect one to fix it?" (Dowd); "Why John F. Kennedy's Legacy Endures" (Letters)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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NYT (13): National News

Blacks hit hardest by lack of public sector jobs; Increase in "near poor" means increase in line for free school lunches; Support for TP is waning; Barney Frank will retire; Cain may throw in the towel; Judge rejects settlement agreement b/w SEC and Citigroup; Suit to void NYS marriage act can go forward; SCOTUS to hear fairness in sentencing re crack vs. powder cocaine; FTC settles privacy issue with Facebook; NY City Council to sue Bloomberg over noxious rule re homeless; Jackson doctor gets four years; Ken Russell dies.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Filed in Arts, Drugs (legal/illegal), Economics, Education, Elections/Voting, Extremism, GLBT, Human Interest, Internet, Labor, Legal, Politics, Privacy, Race, Youth | Comments (0) | Permalink

NYT (7): Foreign Affairs

Iranians storm British embassy; After second day of calm, well-attended elections, Muslim Brotherhood offers a challenge to the military council; Syria declares "war" on Arab League; As expected, violence and fraud mar Congo elections; Ex-prez of Ivory Coast to face Hague court; Worried about democratic moves, China moves to further solidify relationship with Myanmar; Celebs testify re Murdoch hacking case.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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Dan Rather: And, We Have Gotten Used to It

Rather in a speech accepting the Committee to Protect Journalists' Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for 2011 at the Waldorf Astoria ..

As the People of our nation begin rising up, they expect the business of news to be about inquiry and accountability. And, luckily for us, we can still do that ... but it may not be within the confines of big corporate media. As you know, we are living in an age when big money owns everything ... including the news .. We need to restore, at some point, the teaching of the craft of journalism. The best way to protect journalists is to teach them how to do journalism and, therefore, protect themselves from becoming irrelevant .. Some say it is too late. That Congress wrote our epitaph in 1996 when they all came together and passed the Telecommunications Deregulation Act. Since then, the lights in a box have gotten brighter and flashier ... but the truth dimmer and dimmer. And ... we have gotten used to it

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Posted by Mike Blaxill, Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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