Saturday, November 26, 2011

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Mohamed A. El-Erian: Egyptians Will Not Settle for Half a Revolution

CEO and co-CIO, PIMCO

A year ago, Egyptians succeeded in removing a seemingly-entrenched regime in a largely peaceful fashion. They are now pushing to secure a democratic process for selecting their future leaders and for ensuring greater social justice and economic benefits. This is a nation whose citizens, through their brave and inspiring actions, now feel deeply empowered to control their own destiny. Fearing that their revolution risked stalling, Egyptians have again taken to the streets, this time for a midcourse correction. Whether it is in Cairo's Tahrir Square or elsewhere, they are asking the Supreme Council to complete the transition more quickly. They will not settle for half a revolution. Neither should anyone else.

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Iran and the Bomb

Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea, 11/25/11

Founder and chairman of Weidenfeld & Nicolson

The latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency about Iran's nuclear armament exploded like a bomb onto the world of Washington think tanks.

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Green

Big Carbon's Sock Puppets Declare War on America and the Planet

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 11/25/11

President, Waterkeeper Alliance; Professor, Pace University

The war by America's carbon and nuclear energy industries and their right wing allies against our country's burgeoning cleantech industry is damaging our economy and subverting our national security, just as it has in the past led us into oil wars.

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Crime

America's Justice System Has Failed Us All

Conrad Black, 11/24/11

Historian; Publisher; Author

The unfairness, hypocrisy, and barbarism of the American criminal justice system is increasingly the subject of serious comment. Indeed, almost everything about the American system is wrong.

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Business

Black Friday Craziness Nothing to Laugh at

Jordan Zakarin, 11/25/11

Huffington Post Entertainment Editor

What those who criticize and poke fun at the deal-starved camper don't consider is that many of them weren't there for the sport of Black Friday -- it's a necessity.

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Culture

Celebrating Spiritual Death on Black Friday

Coleen Rowley, 11/25/11

Former FBI Special Agent

Martin Luther King Jr. warned that a country in continuous war approaches spiritual death. I wonder if he realized that this extinction would play out in the nation's shopping malls.

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Politics

Washington's Debt Panic and the Real Social Debt in America

Michelle Chen, 11/25/11

Blogger, Colorlines and In These Times

In the wake of the Congressional super committee's collapse, we finally have consensus on both sides of the aisle: the lawmakers orchestrating the partisan drama are, behind the scenes, happy to collaborate on destroying economic security for all but the wealthiest Americans.

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Green

A Green Girl's Guide to Eco-Friendly Cyber Monday Shopping

Hillary Peterson, 11/25/11

CEO, Marie Veronique Organics

Ensure your Cyber Monday shopping is as eco-friendly as possible by following these tips.

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Healthy Living

5 Tips for Reducing Black Friday Shopping Stress

Leigh Vinocur, M.D., 11/25/11

Emergency physician, national spokesperson for the American College of Emergency Physicians

Remember, if your stress is related to debt be strong before you hit the computer for those pre-Black Friday deals or set your alarm for 3 a.m. to be there when the doors open.

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Business

On 'Buy Nothing Day,' It's the Occupiers vs. the Masses

Nathalie Rothschild, 11/25/11

Freelance writer; Correspondent, spiked

Adbusters and their fellow Occupiers see Americans -- or, in their own lingo, 'the 99%' -- as gluttonous, obese pigs. What a joyful holiday message.

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Religion

What Does the Bible Say About Creation and Evolution?

Douglas Knight and Amy-Jill Levine, 11/25/11

While science and religion operate with different methods, criteria, aims and subject matter, neither has to dominate the other... Creation is an excellent example of why readers need to examine the varied expressions of a theme in the Bible.

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Women

Name It, Change It, Flip It, Quip It

Nell Scovell and Gloria Steinem, 11/25/11

Here are 15 ways the media would be different if it were run by 97% women and only 3% men.

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World

Washington Leaves Millions To Die

Jeffrey Sachs, 11/25/11

Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University; Author, 'The Price of Civilization'

For a government that spends $1.9 billion every single day on the military, Washington's unwillingness to follow through on a $1.33 billion pledge to the Global Fund to save millions of lives is a new depth of cynicism and recklessness.

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Education

Talk Nerdy to Me: Let's Talk About Sex -- the Science of Love

Cara Santa Maria, 11/25/11

Science Correspondent, Huffington Post; Editor, Talk Nerdy to Me

Neuroscientists have shown that in some ways, love is similar to addiction.

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Post50

Why Post50 Women Will Lead the "Occupy ERA" Movement

Barbara Hannah Grufferman, 11/25/11

Writer and speaker on women's issues; Author, 'The Best of Everything After 50'

Can a country that prides itself as the leader and protector of democracy in the world, and one which implores other countries to include the word "women" in their constitutions (Afghanistan and Iraq), still not protect the rights of women in its own?

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World

Something Remarkable Is Happening in Egypt

Firas Al-Atraqchi, 11/25/11

Assoc. Professor of Practice in Journalism at American University in Cairo

There are four stories to be told in Tahrir: tear gas suffocation and death; extreme police brutality; incredible acts of sacrifice, and the foundation of a new social contract.

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Food

Where Is the Outrage Against the War on Thanksgiving?

Meathead, 11/25/11

AmazingRibs.com, Barbecue Whisperer, Hedonism Evangelist, Omnivore

Why is there not a booming outcry about the creeping of "Black Friday" into Thanksgiving Thursday? Why are we letting greedy merchants steal this unique national family valued event from their clerks, stockboys, cashiers, and managers?

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Politics

Thanksgiving Politics: Top Ten Reasons to be Thankful

Bob Burnett, 11/24/11

Berkeley writer, retired Silicon Valley executive

Despite the dreadful recession, a broken political system, and other woes, Americans have many reasons to be thankful. Here is my top ten list.

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Politics

Newt Gingrich, Pseudo-Intellectual Free-Trade Kool-Aid Drinker

Ian Fletcher, 11/25/11

Author, 'Free Trade Doesn't Work: What Should Replace It and Why'

How did Gingrich end up with such appalling ideas? I can't plumb his personality, but one of his worst liabilities, on a personal and political level, is his astonishing pseudo-intellectualism.

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Divorce

Inside a Very Modern Family

Anna Brand, 11/25/11

Homepage editor for AOL.com

So how did my divorced parents find themselves in an exclusive relationship, again? I'd like to think I had something to do with it.

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Business

J.P. Morgan Chase Banks on Buying Into the Casino

Raymond J. Learsy, 11/25/11

Author, 'Oil and Finance: The Epic Corruption'

J.P. Morgan Chase is buying a stake from MF Global in the London Metals Exchange that will make it the largest single share holder ahead of guess who? Right, Goldman Sachs!

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Women

'A Dangerous Method': Does the Film Do Sabina Spielrein Justice?

Margaret Wheeler Johnson, 11/24/11

Women's Editor

In spite of all of her accomplishments, Sabrina Spielrein will now mostly known as the patient who slept with Carl Jung.

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Impact

The Plain-Clothed Service Members Among Us

SPC Tanangachi Mfuni, 11/25/11

7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, United States Army

There are so many civilians who deploy alongside us, who wear bulletproof vests, sometimes carry weapons and run for cover when the mortars hit, who may never be thanked for their service, simply because they don't wear the same uniform we do.

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Canada Living

Cheaper and Better Wines

Erin and Courtney Henderson, 11/25/11

The Wine Sisters, wine consulting company

We have a secret. When we go wine shopping, we like to play a game. It's called the Cheaper and Better Game. The rules of this game are simple: find the best wines we can for $15 and under.

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Politics

In a Sense, Abroad Part Trois: I's Real, Oy!

Steven Weber, 11/25/11

Actor, wise-ass, www.theworldwideweber.com

My brief moment in Israel has put me in touch with a pride that, here in America, had waned for me. I go about my days like so many, hearing and seeing things that too often are at odds with my sense of what should be.

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Politics

Thanks for What?

Robert Scheer, 11/24/11

Editor, Truthdig.com; Author, 'The Great American Stickup'

The spread of affordable college education made upward mobility a truly plausible American goal. No more. On this Thanksgiving we have been cheated of the bounty of that harvest.
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