The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
In this hard-hitting piece, Assange offers a taste of Wikileaks-released documents that will curl your hair. Two Years of Cablegate as Bradley Manning Testifies for the First Time Julian Assange Huffington Post, 29 November 2012 Thursday, November 29th, Bradley Manning testified for the first time since his arrest two and a half years ago in …
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Phi Beta Iota: 13.5 minutes, a cry from the heart of America, useful as a moment of personal self-reflection. A short video stressing the importance of Self-Evaluation, Identity Reclamation, and becoming an Agent for the Open-Source post-scarcity era. Thanks for your interest and support! Other Videos: John Maguire: YouTube (13:00) The Evolution of Open-Source Science …
Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say MATT RICHTEL – The New York Times Pedagogies such as that used in Waldorf education counteract this trend. We know what kids need to learn appropriately and in a life-affirming way. We just don’t choose to do it.
The Drugs Don’t Work: a Modern Medical Scandal BEN GOLDACRE – The Guardian (U.K.) This is an excellent and very insightful account of what has happened in Big Pharma’s quest for profit above health. Although the physician author is based in the U.K., his comments apply to the U.S. as well. If it doesn’t scare …
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Eric Beerbohm is assistant professor of government and social studies and director of graduate fellowships for the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. “Are citizens in a democracy complicit in the injustices perpetrated by a state that acts in their name? Yes they are, argues Eric Beerbohm. In Our Name is a major statement …
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Crime without punishment, power without responsibility – Kosovo, international policy and the rule of law Unless the international community demonstrates it is serious abouthuman rights, restitution and disrupting organised crime and criminality, its current policy of stability in place of justice can only continue to fuel both injustice and instability. Learn more about the principles …
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The New World Frank Jacobs and Parag Khanna The New York Times Sunday Review, September 22, 2012 IT has been just over 20 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the last great additions to the world’s list of independent nations. As Russia’s satellite republics staggered onto the global stage, one could be …
