by Richard Eskow | May 4, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
We let him define us for a decade, and now he's gone. After a very American party, the crowds have gone home. Here's one of the more printable Twitter quotes from an online news item entitled "Pornstars Respond to Bin Laden's Death": "Bin Laden is dead. @dirtjunior666...
by Dave Johnson | May 3, 2011 | Blog
Next week, May 9 and 10, the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue will take place in Washington DC. Since 2009, high-level representatives of the US China, with their delegations, meet each year at one then the other capital. Let's see if the administration will...
by Sam Pizzigati | May 3, 2011 | Blog
Why do Swedes and citizens of other relatively equal nations take their lives at a higher rate than residents of more unequal nations? Four investigators have tapped a wealth of newly available data to help make sense out of a paradox that has dogged the research on...
by Bill Scher | May 3, 2011 | Blog
Osama bin Laden's demise came after President Barack Obama restored counter-terrorism operations to America's top national security priority, reversing President George Bush's decision -- before and after the 9/11 attacks -- to deprioritize the effort to destroy al...
by Richard Eskow | May 3, 2011 | Blog
As more details of Bin Laden's life "in hiding" take shape, we may find ourselves with more questions than answers. A quick round of Internet research reveals that he lived in a beautiful climate, in a town along a well-traveled tourist route, near some military sites...
