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Category: Terrorism

Grieving for Pakistan, and very angry, too

December 17, 2014 Hafsa International, Terrorism One comment

Perhaps you know now that on December 16, Taliban massacred more than 130 schoolchildren in Peshawar, Pakistan; death tolls are greater than that, and

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Which country is the greatest threat to world peace?

July 29, 2014 Madonna Gauding Congress, Obama, Terrorism, Uncategorized, War Leave a comment

At the close of 2013, WIN/Gallup published the results of a massive world opinion poll in which they asked over 66,000 people from 65

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Are we all eco-terrorists now?

July 3, 2013 Susan Cunningham Civil Rights, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, FBI/NSA/CIA, Missouri region, Privacy/surveillance, States, Technology, Terrorism Leave a comment

I wasn’t much interested in all of the hullabaloo about the government spying on our phone calls, emails, etc., until I read this article

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Amtrak: A respite from intrusive security

July 1, 2013 Arthur Lieber Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, Poverty, Technology, Terrorism, Transportation One comment

I’ve done some traveling in recent days, and when it comes to travel, these days are not ordinary. The federal government is closely watching

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Pro Publica: 5 basic things we still don’t know about NSA data-mining

June 12, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Congress, Courts, Government, Privacy/surveillance, Terrorism One comment

If you’re like me, you haven’t quite figured out what to think about the revelation that the National Security Administration has been amassing a

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Republicans have trouble understanding luck

May 13, 2013 Arthur Lieber Crime/Violence, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Privacy/surveillance, Republican Brain, Republicans, Terrorism Leave a comment

Republicans often like to see issues in black and white with no room for shades of gray. This means that they cannot accommodate luck

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