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How do you know Mexico is in a ditch? Just read today’s paper started by mogmachine
Perusing Mexico's daily newspapers demonstrates in what dire straits the country is. People are being killed every day as the 'war on drugs' lurches from failure to failure.
Should there be limits on free speech in universities? started by mogmachine
One of the major issues in the university these days is how to deal with the burgeoning field of evolutionary psychology, which sometimes posits cognitive differences between races and sexes. Obama's new Commerce Secretary, Lawrence Summers, got burned when he was President of Harvard Univer
Our actions help recruitment for Islamic resistance, unsurprisingly started by mogmachine
There is much pontification in the media about the roots of Muslim extremism and violence. Why not look at our own actions one time?
Colombia’s bloody civil war is targeting health workers started by mogmachine
The civil war in Colombia has be raging for years, but increasing numbers of psychologists and health workers are being killed as well.
SuperNOVA: The bankruptcy-implosion of Japan’s largest language school chain started by mogmachine
I was working for the largest Japanese language school, Nova, when it imploded a year ago. But it's bankruptcy and ham-fisted efforts to keep going through it all reveal the where the priorities of big business often lie.
Italy on the brink started by mogmachine
Italy is rife with structural problems and corruption. But as things are going from bad to worse, students and workers are organizing resistance.
The U.S. media is structurally biased and normal people have to start thinking outside the box for real change to happen started by mogmachine
The media in the U.S. set a narrow range of political debate, which makes real change impossible. Obama rode on this media wave and he must be criticized by the very people who elected him to make sure he doesn't turn into another Tony Blair.
An interview: Thom Yorke on politics, being a dad, and music started by mogmachine
Matt Kennard talks to Radiohead singer Thom Yorke about fatherhood, politics, music and the future of our planet.
The Big Three Bailout: A problem of expectations started by mogmachine
The proposed bailout of the Big Three auto industry manufacturers in the U.S. has no guarantee of success. And if a company pursues a failed business model is it really up to the taxpayer to get them out of economic straits?
Can India become a superpower while it loses its identity? started by mogmachine
Indian culture has been changed so much by Western impositions that its potential as a superpower has been weakened.
A history of U.S. politics according to a Black Republican started by mogmachine
The Democrats are intent on increasingly inflation and creating socialism in America.
The Founding Fathers didn’t believe in democracy started by mogmachine
The Founding Fathers were opposed to true democracy, saying it leads to tyranny and chaos. They believed in freedom of some sort, but this should be distinguished from democracy.
Media freedom in Mexico is being strangled started by mogmachine
Mexico is now the most dangerous country for journalists in the Western Hemisphere, but it's often the people who have the power to protect them who want to silence them.
Destroying two Bond movies for the price of one started by mogmachine
The makers of James Bond ruined not only Quantum of Solace, but also the movie that came before it.
It’s time for music to get politicized and accurately reflect our generation started by mogmachine
It is rare for musicians to successfully straddle the line between mainstream appeal and forthright political activism, but it has happened in the past, and rising artists must begin engaging again with the issues that effect us all.
Italy is going fascist again started by mogmachine
With the defeat of Hitler and Mussolini in 1945 many thought European fascism was dead forever. But it's back, and this time it's in the form of Berlusconi.
Portrayal of Mumbai attackers as just “extremists Islamists” ignores wider context started by mogmachine
The disgraceful attacks in Mumbia may have been committed by Muslims, but the targets of the violence would indicate there is a wider context that is not being explored yet.
The Night Bus: A photo essay in London, with some words started by mogmachine
Four nights on the buses of the night.
Islamic countries should have a proper crackdown on terrorism started by mogmachine
The terrorists are spoiling it for the rest of us Muslims. There should be a proper crackdown by Islamic states on these extremists after the Mumbai attacks.
The fight against global warming will have to wait another day (or decade) started by mogmachine
With the pressing financial and terrorism crisis' on President-elect Obama's plate, it looks like the fight against global warming will have to wait.
The New York Times and Hugo Chavez: A lesson in “liberal” propaganda started by mogmachine
The supposedly liberal newspaper the New York Times supported the military overthrow of a democratically-elected government in Venezuela in 2002. The people of the barrios eventually reinstated their leader through struggle, but the NYT continues to lie and dissemble about him.
United Arab Emirates doesn’t represent Islamic values started by mogmachine
Open debate, equality and human rights are the basis of Islam, but in the UAE these principles have been completely lost as migrant laborers are exploited and there is a vast inequality in wealth and status.
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