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Margaret Thatcher: Deeds Matter

Margaret Thatcher: Deeds Matter Margaret Thatcher: Deeds Matter

The eulogies for Margaret Thatcher are piling up. Here's a different take—from a review of The Iron Lady.

Apr 8, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/5/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/5/2013)

This week's press yields a crude mixture of Arabic, Hebrew, Marxism, French colonialism, restorative justice and techno-disdain.

Apr 5, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Iran Talks, Day One: As Expected, No Deal Yet

Iran Talks, Day One: As Expected, No Deal Yet Iran Talks, Day One: As Expected, No Deal Yet

But Obama should just keep talking—until he has a chance to make a deal with a new president not named Ahmadinejad.

Apr 5, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Chuck Hagel’s Speech: Nice, But No Cigar

Chuck Hagel’s Speech: Nice, But No Cigar Chuck Hagel’s Speech: Nice, But No Cigar

Let's see some numbers, and some specifics, about promised reforms and reorganization.

Apr 3, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Korean War Games

Korean War Games Korean War Games

Pyongyang's bellicose posturing conforms to an old pattern, but the dangers may be greater now because tensions are rising throughout the region.

Apr 3, 2013 / Editorial / Bruce Cumings

The Cypriot Crash

The Cypriot Crash The Cypriot Crash

This tiny nation has been pushed off a cliff to "save" the eurozone. Reunification may be the only way to turn the island's fortunes around.

Apr 3, 2013 / Editorial / Maria Margaronis

Why China’s Corruption Won’t Stop

Why China’s Corruption Won’t Stop Why China’s Corruption Won’t Stop

The Communist Party is failing to heed demands for political reform.

Apr 3, 2013 / Feature / Peter Kwong

Hagel’s Test

Hagel’s Test Hagel’s Test

Will the new secretary of defense stand up to the hawks and wield the budget axe?

Apr 2, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

How Operation Enduring Freedom Mutated Into Operation Enduring Corruption

How Operation Enduring Freedom Mutated Into Operation Enduring Corruption How Operation Enduring Freedom Mutated Into Operation Enduring Corruption

In Western hands, Afghanistan didn't transition to a "free market" system—but a particularly venal form of crony capitalism.

Apr 2, 2013 / Dilip Hiro

Obama Walks the Middle East’s Nuclear High Wire, Eyes Closed

Obama Walks the Middle East’s Nuclear High Wire, Eyes Closed Obama Walks the Middle East’s Nuclear High Wire, Eyes Closed

We continue to obsess about Iran's fantasy weapons, but pay remarkably little attention to the existing nuclear weapons in the region—Israel's.

Apr 1, 2013 / Ira Chernus

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