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The revolution betrayed
The high hopes of the Egyptian people for a peaceful transition to democracy are being thwarted by the brutal tactics of the country's military rulers, who in recent days have launched a bloody campaign of repression against protesters demanding an...Tags: Egypt, Demonstration, Riots, Revolutions, Zine el Abidine ben Ali
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2011, the year of winning by losing
Charlie Sheen was clearly the man of the year.
You'll recall that 2011 began with the oafish actor celebrating his own narcotic and sexual crapulence like a victorious gladiator working the crowds. He was egged on by a media with as much decency as the...Tags: Facebook, Charlie Sheen, Joe Biden, Prisons, Periodicals
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Another neocon hit job on Ron Paul
Neoconservative Jonah Goldberg's recent column on Rep. Ron Paul ("The painful naivete of Ron Paul," Dec. 26) is one of many recent neocon hit pieces on the candidate since he rose to the top in the upcoming Iowa primary. Mr. Paul terrifies the neocons...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Likud, Israel, Iraq War (2003-2011), International Military Interventions
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Home for Christmas
This week, the last U.S. combat troops left Iraq. After more than eight years of fighting an ill-conceived, inexcusably prolonged war made more devastating by official ineptitude and hubris, America's soldiers are coming home for Christmas. The nation...Tags: L. Paul Bremer III, Armed Conflicts, Revolutions, Iraq War (2003-2011), Religious Festivals
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Drop the 'two-war' plan
As defense strategists at the Pentagon carry out their review of how to make roughly $400 billion in cuts over 10 years, and Congress considers the possibility of reductions twice as large as required by the supercommittee's failure to reach agreement,...Tags: Armed Conflicts, U.S. Military, Dick Cheney, Iraq, George H.W. Bush
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Occupy Baltimore: time for Phase II
Although some of the Occupy Baltimore protesters are expressing disappointment and anger at their early morning rousting from their McKeldin Square encampment, both they and the Baltimore Police Department deserve congratulations for peacefully handling...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Political Dissent, Demonstration, Activism, Inner Harbor
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Egypt and Islam
Initial results from Egypt's first elections since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak are in, and it appears Islamist parties have captured the lion's share of the vote. The rise of politicians eager to curtail basic human rights, particularly for women,...Tags: Egypt, Islam, Feminism, Revolutions, Human Rights
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Marriottsville humanitarian hopes for change in North Korea
He was born into freedom in Pusan, South Korea, 60 years ago. Still, Jong C. Jang of Marriottsville spent much of his boyhood hearing his father, Ok Kyun Jang, rhapsodize about growing up in a place about 350 miles to the north.
Families were close-...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Refugee, Political Fundraising, Ellicott City, Kim Jong Un
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U.S. brings Iraq war to an end
Flying over Iraq this week, Maryland National Guard Col. David W. Carey surveyed miles and miles of emptiness.
Where 500 U.S. bases once housed as many as 170,000 troops, the American military footprint had shrunk to two bases and 4,000 soldiers —...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq, Barack Obama, Baghdad (Iraq)
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Mayor calls Occupy Baltimore eviction 'respectful'
The eviction of Occupy Baltimore protesters from a park near the Inner Harbor was carried out "in a respectful way," Baltimore's mayor said this morning, adding that she was pleased there were no injuries or arrests.
"It certainly wasn't going to go on...Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Prisons, Pratt Street, Homelessness, Demonstration
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Edenwald residents recall infamy and impact of Pearl Harbor
They all reside at the Edenwald Retirement Community in Towson now.
On Dec. 7, 1941, however, that "date that will live in infamy," when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they were all in different places when they heard the news, some of them...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Prisons, U.S. Military, Japan, China
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For Occupy movement, civil disobedience is a legitimate form of protest
I am impressed by Jabriera Handy's story of her experience in jail and her work today as a youth organizer ("Occupy right to question youth jail plan," Jan. 23). Remarkably, she does not sound bitter, but rather, at a young age, has turned her...Tags: Prisons, Prisons, Political Dissent, Protest
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