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Column: Occupational contradictions
Monday marked the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City, and protestors celebrated the event with songs, parades and blockades around the island of Manhattan, a spectacle that resulted in approximately 180 arrests for disorderly conduct.
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Column: Not such a stretch to see that Libya attacks were planned
It seems as if the world is talking about the violence and protests in the Middle East. With so much news flying around, it can be difficult to make sense of what is going on.
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Editorial: Attack in Libya fueled by religion
The American consulate in Libya was attacked on Tuesday, leaving four killed including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and up to 10 Libyan security personnel dead or wounded. It is speculated that militant Islamists in the northern sector of Benghazi planned the attack well in advance.
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Column: The power of Pigovian taxes
If you’ve filled up at the pump recently, you probably were reminded how much it costs to drive. But all the gas, insurance, repairs and other things you pay for are not the only costs of driving.
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Column: I’m not sorry
Four dead in Benghazi, the America embassy stormed in Cairo, and protests across the Islamic World. Those calling for a post-post-9/11 era will have to wait a little longer. Anonymous statements by U.S.
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Column: Testing teachers
Last Monday, 25,000 Chicago public school teachers went on strike to protest the educational reform agenda proposed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
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Editorial: Professor breastfeeds in class
During her first lecture of the semester, American U. professor Adrienne Pine treated students to a visual of her breastfeeding her baby, according to an article in CNN Sunday. Pine, who was unable to find someone to watch her sick baby that day, decided to bring her to class.
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Column: Detroit – Obama’s economic blueprint for America
During his speech before the Democratic National Convention last week, Barack Obama offered a gem to rival his pledge from his 2008 campaign “moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and the planet began to heal.
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Column: Alarmism in the Middle East
On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly denounced President Barack Obama for failing to draw clear “red lines” around Iran’s nuclear program and rebuked the United States’ “moral right” to hold Israel back from independent military action.