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TomDispatch – Nick Turse: Drone Disasters

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, January 15, 2012

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Scientific American – The Top 10 Science Stories of 2011

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Monday, January 2, 2012

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Washington Post, E. J. Dionne – Obama: Can a messiah win twice?

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Monday, January 2, 2012

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Boston Globe – How facts backfire: Researchers discover a surprising threat to democracy: our brains

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Monday, January 2, 2012

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BBC News – Occupy Wall Street: The story of the first night

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, November 20, 2011

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Washington Post – Does America need Wall Street?

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, November 20, 2011

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Washington Post – Why Occupy Wall Street will keep up the fight

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, November 20, 2011

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The New Yorker – Picturing the dead

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, October 23, 2011

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Boston Herald – Elizabeth Warren not sure thing, rival Dems say

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, October 23, 2011

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Washington Post – From Ellis Island to an electrified fence, why America is so torn on immigration

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, October 23, 2011

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Personal note about Nobel winner Ralph Steinman

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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BBC News – Nobel winner Ralph Steinman’s quest to cure cancer – including his own

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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Washington Post – Apple is a new religion, and Steve Jobs was its high priest

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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Boston Globe – The long arm of China: A rising world power begins to intervene in outside governments

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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Scientific American – How an Interconnected Planet Is Fueling the Brewing Viral Storm

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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Washington Post – From Elizabeth Warren, the proper case for liberalism

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Monday, October 10, 2011

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Boston Globe – Youth pushed to the edge

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Monday, October 10, 2011

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Boston Globe – The Mormon arrival: Though long distrusted, Joseph Smith’s faith embodies American values

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Monday, October 10, 2011

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Smithsonian Air and Space – Once Around: The 75th anniversary of a round-the-world trip.

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, September 25, 2011

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Boston Globe – The decline of violence

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, September 25, 2011

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Washington Post – Early Lessons Forgotten, AIDS Conference Told

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, September 25, 2011

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Roll over Einstein: Pillar of physics challenged

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, September 23, 2011

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Boston Globe – Why Walden matters now

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, September 22, 2011

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Washington Post – Eugene Robinson: With the death penalty, ‘probably’ isn’t good enough

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, September 22, 2011

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TomDispatch – The Occupation That Time Forgot

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, September 22, 2011

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