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U.S. policy on Israel-Palestine: More of the same
By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com
Last week’s summit between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was a glaring demonstration of how little has…
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The rhetoric-reality Gulf
By Saul Landau
“We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we…
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Clarence Thomas’ supreme conflict of interest
By Bill Press
So what's the wife of a Supreme Court justice supposed to do? Stay home and bake cookies?
That's never been an option for Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court…
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Glenn Beck wouldn’t mind stealing money from our wounded troops
By Bill Press
He's already launched a radio and TV show, written several best-selling books, organized Tea Party rallies, launched a voter registration drive, and performed his own…
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Israeli flotilla probe lacks credibility
By Max J. Castro
majcastro@gmail.com
“Israel doesn’t seem to really want to probe Gaza flotilla raid.”
The quote doesn’t come from a jihadist source or a vicious anti-Semitic web…
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The Vietestan debacle
By Saul Landau
Last month’s Obama-McChrystal debacle dramatized how military thinking dominates U.S. policy. Obama axed one surging general and replaced him with General David “Surge”…
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At last, legal travel to Cuba seems to be on horizon
By Albor Ruiz
From the New York Daily News
Traveling to Cuba may soon become a reality for Americans.
Yes, we have heard this before, but this time it seems it could actually happen.…
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Mr. Obama’s immigration promise
A New York Times editorial
President Obama’s first major speech on immigration had the eloquence and clarity we have come to expect when he engages a wrenching national debate. In…
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Travel reform act passes Ag Committee in Congress 25-20
As reported by the Cuba Central team out of Washington, DC:
The House Agriculture Committee voted 25-20 to report the "Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act" (H.R. 4645)…
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Firing McChrystal doesn’t fix the problem
By Bill Press
For commanders in the field, hidden away somewhere in the Pentagon's handbook of military strategy must be the warning: "In the middle of a war, don't waste your time…
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