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Iran, Israel and the U.S.: the slide to war
February 24, 2012Wars are fought because some people decide it is in their interests to fight them.
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Veteran’s voice: The human cost of war is too high
February 24, 2012With the Iraq war ending and the Afghanistan war still going on, and a possible conflict with Iran about to begin, as a veteran of the Afghanistan war who made it home safely. I reflect on...
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Jeffrey Sachs and “The Price of Civilization”
February 24, 2012Sachs is particularly good at showing where productive value from work is going.
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University of Pennsylvania awards Du Bois honorary doctorate
February 23, 2012Today would have been the 144th birthday of WEB Du Bois, the great scholar, civil rights and peace activist.
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Will Supreme Court deliver death knell to campus diversity?
February 23, 2012The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could mean the death knell for racial and ethnic diversity on college campuses.
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