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U.S. Marines fire a Howitzer providing defensive fire for Camp Fallujah in Iraq (Daniel J. Klein, USMC)Falluja Me Once, Shame on Me....
On Sunday night, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi enforced a state of emergency in much of Iraq, this was to offset any violence caused by the assault on Falluja by 10,000 US soldiers and Marines backed up by 2,000 Iraqi troops. The battle for this insurgent stronghold is seen as vital to Iraq’s transition to democracy, however reports coming out of the city are sketchy at best.
A Major Combat Operation
Colonel Sam Gardiner Retired Air Force Colonel who has taught military operations
at The War Colleges gives analysis on the military action on Falluja
and
Fawaz A. Gerges holds the Christian A. Johnson Chair in Middle East and
International Affairs at Sarah Lawrence College The Jihadists: Unholy Warriors (Harcourt Press, forthcoming Summer 2005)
on the makeup of the insurgency in Falluja
» Sarah Lawrence College
The Bounds of Tolerance
Abigail Esman writer based in NY and Amsterdam who has written for
Salon.com and other publications on the clash between the West and Muslims in The Netherlands
on the killing of Theo Van Gogh and Dutch tolerance
» Salon.com
Special Interest
Gus Faucher covers fiscal policy, taxes and spending for economy.com
on another expected interest rate and the weakening dollar
» Economy.com
Pleasure
Michael Flocker author,The Hedonism Handbook (De Capo Press, 2004) The Metrosexual Guide to Style (De Capo Press, 2003)
on the lost art of pleasure and leisure
» De Capo Press
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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.
Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.- Comments [40]
Tweet If You Use Twitter
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What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!- Comments [15]
Don't Say That, Literally
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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")
What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!- Comments [172]
From Denmark with Love
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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.
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Squatting, Then and Now
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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.
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