The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Below is an outstanding essay by my close friend and colleague Mike Lofgren. How Democracies Die By Mike Lofgren, Truthout | Thursday, 25 October 2012 10:19 “Picture a country at the height of its international power and prestige. It has military forces stationed around the globe. It is an intellectual leader….” It’s not the one …
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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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Patrick Seale reviews an important new book – Histoire de Gaza – by Professer Jean-Pierre Filiu of the Institute for Political Science in Paris. The Need to Defuse the Gaza Time-Bomb by Patrick Seale Agence Global, 18 Oct 2012 One of the most urgent tasks for the international community in 2013 must surely be to …
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff apparently figures former AFRICOM commander should get a walk after DoD IG publishes damning report on him. Read report, too large to e-mail, at link below and form your own conclusions. Strange because MG Ward is not a West Pointer. Of course, case against toxic leader LTG Patrick …
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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Today I had the pleasure of sitting down for a second time with Dr. Greg Newby, director of one of America’s top supercomputing centers, this one in Alaska and operated by the University of Alaska. He has some ideas about Arctic information collection, prcoessing, analysis, and SHARING that are breath-taking; I attribute this in part …
Updated 29 October 2012 to include frequent search request “readings about solutions for a prosperous world” also added skype and email contact info New integrated search term: readings about solutions for a prosperous world The proven process of intelligence is not secret, not federal, and not expensive. Thinking is free. What matters is the strategic …
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