(Permanent hatred of Israel justifies its policies toward the Palestinians, say advocates like Alan Dershowitz. That’s demonstrably false, says M.J. Rosenberg. There was no such animus when Yitzhak Rabin was prime minister in the mid-1990s. Image source: AP.) Sometimes it is instructive to listen to what Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz says because his way […]

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(Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel answered questions after a Pentagon report showed a sharp increase in sexual assaults in the military. The AP called it an “epidemic.” Image source: AP) Which gender suffers most from sexism and sexual predation? Ask a policeman or a social worker; delve into the social science literature and the answer […]

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(Immigration reform died in 2007 because lawmakers wanted the border secured first. The U.S. spent $18 billion on border security last year. Image source: DHS.) As Republican lawmakers demand even more militarization at the border, activists and policy analysts say the border is the safest it has been in history. In January, the Migration Policy […]

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This article has been updated. In April, it was revealed that among the advisors to Ron Paul’s newly opened Institute for Peace and Prosperity were: an anti-semite; a flake who thinks Abraham Lincoln is one of history’s greatest monsters; a 9-11 conspiracy theorist; and Lew Rockwell. But that’s not why April was a cruel month […]

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(Last summer, the Tax Justice Network released a study estimating around $21 trillion is being held in offshore tax havens, which is equal to the annual GDPs of the U.S. and Japan. Tax havens, says philosopher Daniel Innerarity, exemplify our new age of piracy: TJN) Piracy is no longer a historical curiosity or a simple […]

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