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Sy Hersh: Are nuclear weapons safe in Pakistan?
During my stay in Pakistan—my first in five years—there were undeniable signs that militancy and the influence of fundamentalist Islam had grown. In the past, military officers, politicians, and journalists routinely served Johnnie Walker Black during our talks, and drank it themselves. This time, even the most senior [...]
Posted: November 10th, 2009 under International News.
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Net Neutrality
When the old man that once confessed that he didn’t know the difference between a Mac and PC introduced the “Internet Freedom Act” into the Senate to kill the open web, it was met with dismissive laughter, but it is unwise to assume that the wide spread support for an open internet architecture will ensure [...]
Posted: November 9th, 2009 under Geek Stuff, International News, Politics, Technology.
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Teach for Australia
It appears as though Australian philanthropists want to get in on the corporate schooling train by importing that very American invention, Teach for [insert nationality]. Here in the states, the only contrarian views on the corporatization of public schooling that make it to print are couched in infantile narratives of teachers unions and reformers, but [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2009 under Education Policy, International News.
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