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China, Tibet, and the Olympicsnew
Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman explains the Dalai Lama's political wisdom, the myopia of the Chinese, and the essence of the Olympics.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Kadzis |
08-07-2008 |
International
The Three Trillion Dollar Warnew
Original estimates of between $50 to $60 billion were, at best, optimistic guesses about what the Iraq war would cost. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz discusses the punishing cost of staying the course any longer.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Kadzis |
03-13-2008 |
War
America's Nero: Bush's Impeachable Failurenew
President Bush has utterly failed to take charge and lead in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, the worst national disaster to savage the nation, devastating the Gulf coast and threatening to turn New Orleans, a historic and soulful city, into a 21st century Pompeii. Nero at least fiddled while Rome burned. As Katrina roared, Bush vacationed.
Boston Phoenix |
Stephen Mindich and Peter Kadzis |
09-06-2005 |
Disasters
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