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Hot Topics AA: Gulf states grapple with jihadist threat 09/09/09 AA: Terrorists Shift Focus to Hotels and ‘Soft’ Targets, Study Says 09/08/09 AA: Resolving the displaced Palestinians problem 09/10/09 AF: The Reporter’s Account: 4 Days With the Taliban 09/09/09 BH: NSA official to testify in terror trial 09/10/09 EG: Egyptians irked by ‘Ramadan Eating’ arrests …
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Righteous, Not as Deep As Some, Great Overview September 3, 2009 David Schwerin This book is a logical follow-on to the author’s earlier book, Conscious Capitalism: Principles for Prosperity, a book that is doing very very well in Chinese translations. Early on he points out that we need to achieve a global change in consciousness, …
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Franklin “Chuck” Spinney is living the dream sailing in the Mediterranean with his forever spouse and a dog that is all bark and no bite. He remains the “last man standing” from the whistle-blowing era of the 1980’s when giants like Colonel John Boyd tried to force the Pentagon to get a grip on reality. …
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PHOTO:David Guttenfelder/The Associated Press Josh Habib, far left, a 53-year-old translator for the U.S. Marines, speaks with Afghan villagers and two Marines in the Nawa district of Helmand province. By JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press writer July 26, 2009 6:00 AM NAWA, Afghanistan — Josh Habib lay in a dirt field, gasping for air. Two days …
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Delightful evidence of gravitas, provocative and refreshing, July 14, 2009