http://www.onlinepress.eu/News posted on the main European Online Newspapers - section EditorialSat, 31 Jul 2010 19:16:38 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/bono-and-buttman-13071375-2-07_22_2010.htmlLast week an appeals court in New York the federal ban on broadcast indecency, and a judge in Washington, D.C., obscenity charges against porn impresario John "Buttman" Stagliano. The two cases show that prohibiting vaguely defined categories of speech undermines the rule of law as well as freedom of expression. The policy rejected by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit broadcaReason MagazineThu, 22 Jul 2010 04:32:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/obamas-lack-of-faith-13071373-2-07_22_2010.htmlWith midterm elections approaching, President Barack Obama has gone on the charm offensive, claiming Republicans are demonstrating a "lack of faith in the American people." "Faith" often is defined as "having confidence or trust in a person or thing." In this case, though, faith means adding another $35 billion in unemployment benefits to the infinite intergenerational tab—sometimes referredReason MagazineThu, 22 Jul 2010 04:32:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/reason-tv-a-drug-raid-goes-viral-radley-balko-on-the-missouri-swat-raid-video-13071371-2-07_22_2010.htmlReason.tv: A Drug Raid Goes Viral-Radley Balko on the Missouri SWAT Raid VideoReason MagazineThu, 22 Jul 2010 04:32:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/where-do-libertarians-belong-politically-13071368-2-07_22_2010.htmlReason’s August-September cover story explored different answers to the question “” The answers, and a rich and interesting they sparked, are, at the very least, interesting to those of us for whom skylarking about libertarian movement orientation and strategy is an entertaining consumption good. The Cato Institute’s Brink Lindsey argued that a decisive and public split from the right is neReason MagazineThu, 22 Jul 2010 04:32:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/eugene-robinson-purge-this-poison-13070408-2-07_22_2010.htmlWashington - That was quick. We now have proof the NAACP was right. When the nation''s leading civil rights organization passed a resolution condemning displays of racism by tea party activists, leaders of the movement reacted with umbrage so thick you could cut it with a knife -- then demonstrated that the NAACP''s allegation was entirely justified. On Sunday, the National Tea Party Federation TruthoutThu, 22 Jul 2010 03:27:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/michael-winship-dont-you-know-theres-a-war-on-13070407-2-07_22_2010.htmlA recent headline on the New York Daily News web site was blunt: "In case you''ve forgotten," it read, "we''re at war." The story was about the deaths of six Americans in Afghanistan in five separate attacks and one accidental explosion, all on the same day. The day before, coalition forces had mistakenly killed six Afghan civilians when an artillery strike missed its target; the day after, the TTruthoutThu, 22 Jul 2010 03:26:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/bankers-pay-what-economics-has-to-say-13070406-2-07_22_2010.htmlThe recent global debate over the pay of bankers has raised issues that are basic to economic theory, and to moral and political philosophy, simultaneously. One question concerns what level of pay is necessary in order to attract people to do a certain job, and to do it effectively. Another question concerns what level of pay would be appropriate, fair, or just to pay people to do that job. Both aTruthoutThu, 22 Jul 2010 03:25:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/manuel-perez-rocha-misguided-us-economic-policies-drive-many-mexicans-to-come-here-13070405-2-07_22_2010.htmlPresident Barack Obama did the right thing by supporting comprehensive immigration reform that would place millions of undocumented workers on the path to citizenship. Obama even went a step further, suing the state of Arizona for its unconstitutional and racially profiling immigration law. That law would punish and divide families, many of whose members have worked years for this country.TruthoutThu, 22 Jul 2010 03:25:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/howard-zinn-the-bomb-13070404-2-07_22_2010.htmlThe late Howard Zinn''s new book "The Bomb" is a brilliant little dissection of some of the central myths of our militarized society. Those who''ve read "A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA''s Secret Cold War Experiments," by H.P. Albarelli Jr. know that this is a year for publishing the stories of horrible things that the United States has done to French towns. In that case,TruthoutThu, 22 Jul 2010 03:25:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-return-of-the-blob-13070380-2-07_22_2010.htmlIn 1958, "The Blob" oozed into popular culture in Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr.''s schlocky cult classic starring Steve McQueen as the dreamy all-American hero and an ever-expanding gelatinous compound in the title role. Burt Bacharach''s cheesy jazzy-mambo theme song cautioned: Beware of The Blob, it creeps And leaps and glides and slides Across the floor Right through the door And all around the walTruthoutThu, 22 Jul 2010 03:17:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/jim-hightower-grinning-bankers-13070372-2-07_22_2010.htmlLike ugly on a toad, banker greed just can''t be rinsed off, no matter how much regulatory soap you use. Last week, Congress enacted new rules to govern America''s huge banks, thus completing Washington''s response to the unbridled Wall Street greed that crashed the financial system and crushed our economy. The regulatory reforms were hailed by Democrats as possessing powerful cleansing power, whTruthoutThu, 22 Jul 2010 03:17:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/david-sirota-washington-elites-prefer-shills-for-banks-and-big-business-13070367-2-07_22_2010.htmlTim Geithner and Chris Dodd''s opposition to Elizabeth Warren stems from the fact that she wasn''t a puppet for big banks.TruthoutThu, 22 Jul 2010 03:17:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/post-crisis-economics-are-we-all-structuralists-now-13070363-2-07_22_2010.htmlIn the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis even the deepest market fundamentalists embraced the core Keynesian insight that when in deep recession, monetary policy will be ineffective and fiscal stimulus is required. They have now abandoned that view as calls for fiscal austerity abound regardless of the increasingly fragile nature of the global recovery.TruthoutThu, 22 Jul 2010 03:17:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/bring-it-on-13070361-2-07_22_2010.htmlIt is tempting to begin a sentence about today''s Republican Party with the words, "Just when you thought they couldn''t get any dumber," but then you realize you''re talking about a group that actively thwarts benefits for the unemployed while pimping tax cuts for rich people, a group that champions a political base which by and large doesn''t believe dinosaurs existed because they''re not in theTruthoutThu, 22 Jul 2010 03:17:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/next-for-journolist-leaks-sarah-palin-13069312-2-07_22_2010.htmlWe know -- because Tucker Carlson won''t shut up about it -- that -- pesented with shamelessly misleading commentary and analysis by Jonathan Strong -- as long as they can find messages to fit into their predetermined narrative of liberal conspiracy. And, as I already mentioned, on the ginned-up media scandal ended with this confident prediction:Salon.comThu, 22 Jul 2010 02:19:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/how-politico-keeps-the-tea-party-happy-13069311-2-07_22_2010.htmlThis originally appeared atSalon.comThu, 22 Jul 2010 02:19:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/worst-obama-diagnosis-yet-part-13069310-2-07_22_2010.htmlEarlier today, I Richard Cohen''s terrible , in which he tried to blame Barack Obama''s personality to account for his poll numbers.Salon.comThu, 22 Jul 2010 02:19:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/vilsack-offers-shirley-sherrod-a-new-job-13069309-2-07_22_2010.htmlAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack apologized to Shirley Sherrod for her unnecessary firing. He also offered her an unspecified new job with the USDA. According to CNN, Sherrod will think the job offer over for a few days before making a decision.Salon.comThu, 22 Jul 2010 02:18:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/now-reopen-breitbarts-acorn-fraud-and-get-the-story-right-13069308-2-07_22_2010.htmlFormer USDA official Shirley Sherrod, a dedicated public servant innocent of the prejudice and misconduct falsely imputed to her, deserves justice. As soon as the White House and Tom Vilsack restore her job, with an appropriate apology, they will begin to remove a stain of cowardice from their administration. But while that may be all the government can do, it isn’t sufficient to close this case.Salon.comThu, 22 Jul 2010 02:18:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/gunman-aims-at-a-favorite-glenn-beck-target-13069307-2-07_22_2010.htmlPolice last night that Byron Williams, the heavily armed man who got into a with police after being pulled over in Oakland Sunday, was en route to kill officials in the San Francisco offices of the Tides Foundation and the ACLU.Salon.comThu, 22 Jul 2010 02:18:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/on-economic-fatalism-and-elections--realclearpolitics-com-13068352-2-07_22_2010.htmlOn Economic Fatalism and Elections (RealClearPolitics.com)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 01:01:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-case-for-elizabeth-warren--the-nation-13068330-2-07_22_2010.htmlThe Case For Elizabeth Warren (The Nation)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/bp-big-oil-slightly-increase-lobbying-spending-in-wake-of-spill--huffingtonpost-com-13068301-2-07_22_2010.htmlBP, Big Oil Slightly Increase Lobbying Spending In Wake Of Spill (HuffingtonPost.com)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:59:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-health-benefits-of-tears--huffingtonpost-com-13068290-2-07_22_2010.htmlThe Health Benefits of Tears (HuffingtonPost.com)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:59:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/shirley-sherrod-defended-by-diverse-coalition-calling-for-usda-to-give-her-job-back--huffingtonpost-com-13068288-2-07_22_2010.htmlShirley Sherrod Defended By Diverse Coalition Calling For USDA To Give Her Job Back (HuffingtonPost.com)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:59:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/puff-puff-give-lobbyists-plying-hill-staffers-through-congressional-cigar-association--huffingtonpost-com-13068286-2-07_22_2010.htmlPuff, Puff, Give: Lobbyists Plying Hill Staffers Through Congressional Cigar Association (HuffingtonPost.com)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:59:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/video-the-kinds-of-japanese-apology--the-atlantic-wire-13068282-2-07_22_2010.htmlVideo: The 9 Kinds of Japanese Apology (The Atlantic Wire)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:59:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/ithe-story-of-cosmeticsi-whats-ireallyi-in-your-personal-care-products-huffingtonpost-com-13068281-2-07_22_2010.html<i>The Story of Cosmetics</i>: What's <i>Really</i> in Your Personal Care Products (HuffingtonPost.com)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:59:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/re-hire-shirley-sherrod-immediately-fox-news-will-not-win--huffingtonpost-com-13068277-2-07_22_2010.htmlRe-Hire Shirley Sherrod Immediately. Fox News Will Not Win. (HuffingtonPost.com)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:59:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/biden-dances-the-tough-dances--huffingtonpost-com-13068276-2-07_22_2010.htmlBiden Dances the Tough Dances (HuffingtonPost.com)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:59:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/israel-jails-arab-for-bedding-jew-under-false-pretenses--the-atlantic-wire-13068262-2-07_22_2010.htmlIsrael Jails Arab for Bedding Jew Under False Pretenses (The Atlantic Wire)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:59:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-grinches-who-stole-summer--huffingtonpost-com-13068258-2-07_22_2010.htmlThe Grinches Who Stole Summer (HuffingtonPost.com)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:59:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/abortions-for-soldiers-at-us-military-bases-the-christian-science-monitor-13068250-2-07_22_2010.htmlAbortions for soldiers at US military bases (The Christian Science Monitor)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:59:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/africas-role-in-the-slave-trade-and-its-consequences--huffingtonpost-com-13068247-2-07_22_2010.htmlAfrica's Role in the Slave Trade and its Consequences (HuffingtonPost.com)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:59:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/next-after-obama-signing-of-financial-reform-bill-fannie-mae-freddie-mac--the-christian-science-monitor-13068238-2-07_22_2010.htmlNext after Obama signing of financial reform bill: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac (The Christian Science Monitor)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:57:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/road-trip-glimpses-of-americas-true-worth--the-christian-science-monitor-13068235-2-07_22_2010.htmlRoad-trip glimpses of America's true worth (The Christian Science Monitor)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:57:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-hivaids-fight-needs-cooperation-not-division--huffingtonpost-com-13068203-2-07_22_2010.htmlThe HIV/AIDS Fight Needs Cooperation, Not Division (HuffingtonPost.com)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:56:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/shirley-sherrod-a-family-farmers-friend--huffingtonpost-com-13068185-2-07_22_2010.htmlShirley Sherrod, a Family Farmer's Friend (HuffingtonPost.com)Yahoo NewsThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:51:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-truth-still-there-still-inconvenient-13065926-2-07_21_2010.htmlby James LenfesteyOn July 7, the last of three independent British commissions exonerated prominent climate scientists at the University of East Anglia of any wrongdoing in the so-called "Climategate," in which mysterious (and still anonymous) hackers trashed their reputations and confused public understanding of important climate science.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/taking-financial-reform-into-our-own-hands-13065925-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Stacy Mitchell With the passage of the financial reform bill, giant banks see a golden opportunity to finally put the financial crisis, along with their culpability for wrecking our economy, in the rearview mirror.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/leticia-x-is-human-too-tragedy-waiting-for-pres-obama-13065924-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Roberto Rodriguez In October of 2009, I wrote a about a brilliant high school DREAM student whose goal is to attend college in the fall of 2010. I referred to her as Leticia X. When she spoke to my class at the University of Arizona last fall, she had my students in tears, knowing full well that unless the immigration laws change, she will be unable to pursue her dream.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-real-us-government-13065923-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Glenn Greenwald The Washington Post''s Dana Priest demonstrates once again why she''s easily one of the best investigative journalists in the nation -- if not the best -- with of her series, co-written with William Arkin, detailing the sprawling, unaccountable, inexorably growing secret U.S.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/advice-for-general-petraeus-on-the-rules-of-engagement-its-neithernor-not-eitheror-13065922-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Tom Engelhardt Recently, we''ve been flooded with news stories and debate about the "rules of engagement" for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Now-discredited war commander General Stanley McChrystal, we''ve been told, instituted fiercely restrictive rules of engagement to lessen the number of Afghan civilians who died or were wounded at the hands of American forces, and to "protect the people," juCommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/beyond-cheneys-energy-policy-clean-green-safe-and-smart-13065921-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Michael T. Klare If the ecological catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico tells us anything, it is that we need a new national energy policy-a comprehensive plan for escaping our dangerous reliance on fossil fuels and creating a new energy system based on climate-safe alternatives. Without such a plan, the response to the disaster will be a hodgepodge of regulatory reforms and toughened enviroCommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/hello-america-this-is-your-wakeup-call-13065918-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Randall Amster There are cracks in the earth and holes in our hearts. The gusher in the Gulf has dramatized in gut-wrenching fashion a set of values and outcomes that comprise the underlying foundation of our lives. This is no “reality TV” episode, even though the already-diluted news coverage increasingly makes everything appear that way. No, this is “real reality” -- an edgy, in-your-face, uCommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/dont-you-know-theres-a-war-on-13065916-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Michael Winship A recent headline on the New York Daily News website was blunt: "In case you’ve forgotten," it read, "we’re at war." The story was about the deaths of six Americans in Afghanistan in five separate attacks and one accidental explosion, all on the same day. The day before, coalition forces had mistakenly killed six Afghan civilians when an artillery strike missed its target; tCommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/lets-give-congress-our-marching-orders-13065915-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Jesse Jackson Will the U.S. once more sacrifice economic justice at home for war abroadDr. King used to say that the bombs dropped over Vietnam exploded in America''s cities. The war on poverty was lost in those jungles. And nowThe war in Afghanistan is now in its eighth year. Vice President Joe Biden told "This Week" that our policy is "going to work," but "all of this is just beginningCommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/recovering-from-deficit-obsessions-13065914-2-07_21_2010.htmlby John BuellThe politics of private and government debt provide an occasion to contest both conventional economic theory and related moral narratives. The old story is that a profligate working class and indulgent governments spent themselves into deserved ruin. Yet as The New York Times reports, the wealthy are now defaulting in dis-proportionate numbers on investment housing loans. But as RobeCommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/public-sector-austerity-unreasonable-and-irrational-13065912-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin The 2007-8 financial crash was, in terms of its global impact, the greatest in history. It was only prevented from immediately triggering another Great Depression by governments in so many countries taking on the enormous private debt of their banks.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/obama-a-socialist-i-wish-13065911-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Matthew Rothschild I got an e-mail from a group called 21st Century Democrats, bemoaning the fact that shows that 55% of likely voters said that the word "socialist" describes Obama and his policies. The 21st Century Democrats said, "You and I know [that] is not the case." I only wish it were! I wish Obama had pressed for single-payer national health care.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/dear-congress-we-the-people-are-starving-13065907-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Lorraine Berry On a recent night, I worked with other food bank volunteers to feed 15 percent of the town where I live. Fifteen percent. We started with the largest shipment of food that we have ever received-a full six pallets. I had never seen so much food. Cans and boxes stacked high on the tables and behind each table, unopened cardboard boxes made skyscrapers-some over five feet tall. BCommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/elizabeth-warren-and-the-definition-of-controversial-13065904-2-07_21_2010.htmlby David Sirota Over the last few days, and have made the case that Harvard professor and Congressional Oversight Panel chairwoman Elizabeth Warren is too controversial a figure to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/stupak-and-health-reforms-second-trimester-13065902-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Rebecca Sive In the (political) heat of late March, in the first trimester of President Obama''s proposed, and then signed, (a deal done for Rep.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/race-still-matters-race-poverty-and-aids-in-black-america-13065901-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Phill Wilson Yesterday, the (CDC) released a study titled Communities in Crisis: Is There a Generalized HIV Epidemic in Impoverished Urban Areas of the United States. The study is the third in a series of the CDC''s rotating surveillance reports conducted to better understand America''s HIV epidemic. Previous studies looked at HIV among gay and bisexual men (MSM) and intravenous druCommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-senators-who-gave-us-million-unemployed-want-to-deny-them-benefits-13065900-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Dean BakerIt is amazing how people in Washington are so forgiving -- of each other. We have close to 15 million people unemployed and more than 8 million people under-employed because the folks managing our economy were incompetent. In spite of the efforts of economists and policy types to portray the cause of the economic collapse as being complicated, it wasn''t. It was really really simple.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-business-case-against-overseas-tax-havens-13065897-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Chuck CollinsKate’s Café and AAA Appliance probably pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than profitable Fortune 500 companies.In the U.S., thanks in part to overseas tax havens, we have one tax system for multinational companies and wealthy individuals –and another for small businesses and ordinary taxpayers.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/schooling-arne-duncan-13065860-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Jesse Hagopian "Hi, Arne. My name is Jesse Hagopian." As I locked eyes and firmly shook hands, I wondered if my years of teaching would be enough to help the freshman Secretary of Education gain the knowledge and skills he would need.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/another-police-killing-in-oakland-ca-13065859-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Dennis Bernstein This weekend, police killed another man at the same rail transit station in Oakland, California, where 22-year-old Oscar Grant was shot in the back last year, a case that resulted in violent clashes this month when the police officer responsible was convicted of only involuntary manslaughter. On Saturday, Oakland and Bay Area Rapid Transit Police shot anCommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/how-jay-bybee-has-approved-the-prosecution-of-cia-operatives-for-torture-13065857-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Andy Worthington Last Thursday, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, released of Jay S.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/corporate-media-discover-private-spies-in-other-news-no-wmd-in-iraq-13065852-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Jeremy Scahill Stop the presses and call the government spokespeople back from Martha''s Vineyard.   The corporate media have discovered that the United States is radically outsourcing national security and sensitive intelligence operations. Cable news channels breathlessly report on the "groundbreaking," "exclusive" Washington Post series, , a two-year investigation by Dana Priest and WCommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/grinning-bankers-13065850-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Jim Hightower Like ugly on a toad, banker greed just can''t be rinsed off, no matter how much regulatory soap you use.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/silent-summer-how-oil-disaster-impacts-biodiversity-13065846-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Joseph IngoldsbyResidents from the Gulf of Mexico report that schools of fish, manta rays, sharks, dolphins and sea turtles are fleeing the plumes of oil and solvents to the shallow waters off of the coasts of Alabama and Florida. Marine biologists from Duke University state that that the animals sense the change in water chemistry and try to escape the contaminated water dead zones by swimminCommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/access-to-clean-water-is-most-violated-human-right-13065844-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Maude Barlow On 28 July, for the first time ever, the general assembly of the will hold a historic summit on the .CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-case-for-elizabeth-warren-13065838-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Katrina vanden Heuvel Elizabeth Warren should be the top contender to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. After all, it was her brainchild, her baby.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/deficit-doves-13065837-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Amy Goodman Getting out of the red is the new black. Deficit hawks have swooped down on the U.S. budget. This week, they attacked unemployment benefits. Ultimately, they are going after Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid, the venerable programs once considered untouchable "third rails" of U.S. politics. These have been replaced by a new third rail, the defense budget. To really deal CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-grinches-who-stole-summer-13065832-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Robert Scheer It was a branding moment. With their lock-step vote against extending unemployment benefits, the Republicans are indelibly marked as not only heartless but also frivolous in their much-professed concern over the soaring national debt. Thanks to the defection of the two relatively enlightened Republican senators from Maine and the quick replacement of the late Democratic Sen.CommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/obamas-overdue-aids-bill-13065829-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Desmond Tutu CAPE TOWN - Having met President Obama, I''m confident that he''s a man of conscience who shares my commitment to bringing hope and care to the world''s poor. But I am saddened by his decision to spend less than he promised to treat AIDS patients in Africa. George W. Bush made an impressive commitment to the international fight against AIDS when he formed the President''s EmergenCommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/an-open-letter-to-the-people-of-israel-about-mordechai-vanunu-13065819-2-07_21_2010.htmlby Mairead Maguire Dear friends,I write to ask for your help in gaining the freedom of a good man, a man of peace and a man of conscience. In the Jewish scriptures there is great emphasis on justice and freedom and it is for such, for one man, that I write to seek your help. He will not be aware that I am writing this Appeal, but I do so in the hope that, with your help, it will produCommonDreams.orgWed, 21 Jul 2010 21:26:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/lluís-bassets-on-the-shattered-dream-of-a-post-national-europe-blog-del-alfiler-al-elefante-spain-13065605-2-07_21_2010.htmlLluís Bassets on the shattered dream of a post-national Europe | Blog Del alfiler al elefante - SpainEuroTopics.comWed, 21 Jul 2010 20:59:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/yves-meny-on-the-fatal-flood-of-european-legislation-ouest-france-france-13065478-2-07_21_2010.htmlYves Mény on the fatal flood of European legislation | Ouest France - FranceEuroTopics.comWed, 21 Jul 2010 20:48:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/michael-boskin-obamas-economic-fish-stories-13064606-2-07_21_2010.htmlOn unemployment, the president claims that the stimulus bill was several times more potent than his chief economic adviser estimates. Such statements hurt his credibility.The Wall Street JournalWed, 21 Jul 2010 12:58:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/rebecca-macatee-stop-picking-on-lindsay-lohan-13064605-2-07_21_2010.htmlWhy do some people rejoice in the unraveling of a life and career?The Wall Street JournalWed, 21 Jul 2010 12:58:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/washingtons-tax-oracles-13064604-2-07_21_2010.htmlHow to think about revenue estimates.The Wall Street JournalWed, 21 Jul 2010 12:58:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/what-was-that-case-again-13064603-2-07_21_2010.htmlKagan says she had no opinion on the ObamaCare lawsuits.The Wall Street JournalWed, 21 Jul 2010 12:58:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/pete-hegseth-kagan-and-the-military-what-really-happened-13064602-2-07_21_2010.htmlHer intellectually dishonest opposition to our armed forces during a time of war shows bad judgement. She doesn''t belong on the Supreme Court.The Wall Street JournalWed, 21 Jul 2010 12:58:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/john-a-nagl-hard-is-not-hopeless-in-afghanistan-13064601-2-07_21_2010.htmlGen. Petraeus can succeed by following a strategy similar to the one that won in Iraq.The Wall Street JournalWed, 21 Jul 2010 12:58:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/notable-quotable-13064600-2-07_21_2010.htmlJohn Fund discusses how members of the liberal email group JournoList attempted to control media coverage of Barack Obama.The Wall Street JournalWed, 21 Jul 2010 12:58:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/going-with-the-flow-13064599-2-07_21_2010.htmlOcean waves, light waves, sound waves, surfers'' waves: All are observed and explained in "The Wave Watcher''s Companion," by Gavin Pretor-Pinney. Jennifer Ouellette reviews.The Wall Street JournalWed, 21 Jul 2010 12:58:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/jenkins-how-obama-let-down-mr-spock-13064598-2-07_21_2010.htmlThe president has the right idea on space. If only he could get Congress to go along.The Wall Street JournalWed, 21 Jul 2010 12:58:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/thomas-frank-linda-mcmahons-pro-wrestling-soap-opera-13064597-2-07_21_2010.htmlIn Connecticut, a GOP candidate with a class warrior past.The Wall Street JournalWed, 21 Jul 2010 12:58:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/best-of-the-web-today-call-them-racists-13064596-2-07_21_2010.htmlHow "journolists" tried to suppress the news.The Wall Street JournalWed, 21 Jul 2010 12:58:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/state-department-is-taking-right-steps-to-foster-internet-freedom-13063549-2-07_21_2010.htmlState Department is taking right steps to foster Internet freedomwashingtonpost.comWed, 21 Jul 2010 09:56:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/house-can-reduce-powder-cocaine-vs-crack-sentencing-disparity-13063548-2-07_21_2010.htmlHouse can reduce powder cocaine vs. crack sentencing disparitywashingtonpost.comWed, 21 Jul 2010 09:56:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/schools-and-parents-have-a-role-in-ending-cyberbullying-13063547-2-07_21_2010.htmlSchools and parents have a role in ending cyberbullyingwashingtonpost.comWed, 21 Jul 2010 09:56:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/afghanistans-nation-building-13063546-2-07_21_2010.htmlVICE PRESIDENT Biden insisted again on Sunday that "we''re not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan. How, then, to explain the gathering in Kabul of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and 40 other foreign ministers for the Kabul Conference on Tuesday -- the goal of which is to adopt detailed plans for the Afghan government to expand its authority, fight corruption and take over socialwashingtonpost.comWed, 21 Jul 2010 09:56:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/treasury-underestimated-power-of-the-auto-dealers-lobby-13063545-2-07_21_2010.htmlTreasury underestimated power of the auto dealers' lobbywashingtonpost.comWed, 21 Jul 2010 09:56:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-time-to-learn-kipp-schools-show-what-a-longer-school-day-offers-13063544-2-07_21_2010.htmlThe time to learn: KIPP schools show what a longer school day offerswashingtonpost.comWed, 21 Jul 2010 09:56:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/arrest-everybody-13060826-2-07_21_2010.htmlA few years ago, David and Jessica Rodriguez were leaving Arizona’s Bartlett Lake with their two children when they accidentally took a road that had been closed because of rain damage. They were stopped by deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, who demanded documentation from David Rodriguez, including his Social Security card, and cited him for failing to obey a road sign. AlReason MagazineWed, 21 Jul 2010 03:36:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/reason-tv-steven-greenhut-on-public-employee-paychecks-perks-and-plunder-13060812-2-07_21_2010.htmlReason.tv: Steven Greenhut on Public Employee Paychecks, Perks, and PlunderReason MagazineWed, 21 Jul 2010 03:36:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/got-environmental-problemsthink-government-13060808-2-07_21_2010.htmlThe Gulf oil gusher may be capped (for now), but “many of the world''s greatest environmental catastrophes continue, with no end in sight,” according to Foreign Policy magazine. Foreign Policy five such catastrophes: Nigerian oil spills, Chinese coal seam fires, Haitian deforestation, desiccation of the Aral Sea, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. While Foreign Policy identifies five trueReason MagazineWed, 21 Jul 2010 03:36:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/customer-service-is-crucial-to-repeat-business-and-profitability-13060587-2-07_21_2010.htmlCustomer Service Is Crucial To Repeat Business and ProfitabilityMediaPostWed, 21 Jul 2010 02:55:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/returning-college-students-spending-optimistically-13060586-2-07_21_2010.htmlReturning College Students Spending OptimisticallyMediaPostWed, 21 Jul 2010 02:55:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/teachers-unions-vs-online-education-13056478-2-07_20_2010.htmlI know a 3-year-old who’s a master of online multitasking. Give him an iPhone, and he’ll cheerfully chat you up while watching YouTube cartoons or playing an alphabet game. In 2010, toddlers start consuming digital information not long after they’ve started consuming solid food. Now take that kid, tack on a handful of years, and drop him into a classroom. A child who was perfectly content wiReason MagazineTue, 20 Jul 2010 18:04:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/israel-and-syria-a-chance-at-reconciliation-13053402-2-07_20_2010.htmlThere are signs Syria is prepared to talk peace with Israel. It''s an opportunity that the U.S. and Israel can''t afford to miss. Rumors of war, and of peace, often go hand in hand in the Middle East. Unfortunately, over the last few months on the Israeli- Syrian front, the former have dominated. Reports of Los Angeles TimesTue, 20 Jul 2010 11:44:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/u-s-dietary-guidelines-hard-to-swallow-13053401-2-07_20_2010.htmlThe public health establishment has been wrong before. The best advice that government can give citizens is to develop their own diet and exercise plans. Every five years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services revised their dietary guidelines for Americans, which Los Angeles TimesTue, 20 Jul 2010 11:44:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/ac-its-not-as-cool-as-you-think-13053400-2-07_20_2010.htmlArtificial cooling has had a profound effect on how, and where, we live and work. When a national group of urban planning historians was asked to rank the most important influences on the American metropolis in the last half of the 20th century, their top 10 list focused on social, economic and political devLos Angeles TimesTue, 20 Jul 2010 11:44:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/obamas-era-of-big-things-is-over-13053399-2-07_20_2010.htmlAfter getting healthcare reform and new financial regulations passed, the president needs to focus on more modest goals. The first long chapter of Barack Obama''s presidency came to an end last week when the Senate finally passed its sweeping financial regulation bill. Obama''s first 18 months in office prodLos Angeles TimesTue, 20 Jul 2010 11:44:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/uncovering-frances-veil-ploy-13053380-2-07_20_2010.htmlThose who oppose banning the full-face covering for women think the new legislation will foment anti-Muslim sentiment. So what, really, does France have to gain? Poor France. On Tuesday, just in time for Bastille Day, the lower house of the French Parliament overwhelmingly passed a measure aimed at changing Los Angeles TimesTue, 20 Jul 2010 11:44:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/environmentalists-and-a-clean-energy-future-13053379-2-07_20_2010.htmlPartial solutions won''t do; we must move the country, and the world, toward a true clean-energy future. I always felt an uncomplicated pride in the small role I played in protecting the East and West coasts from offshore oil drilling — until the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster.Los Angeles TimesTue, 20 Jul 2010 11:44:00 GMThttp://www.onlinepress.eu/article/find-a-middle-ground-armenian-church-and-the-getty-should-work-together-13053378-2-07_20_2010.htmlThe claims of both sides have merit; dispute over ownership of the seven pages from the Zeytun Gospels could be solved by creating a joint venue to house the relics. Seven illustrated pages ripped out of a medieval Gospels manuscript: Who owns them; who should own themThose who value them as works of art, orLos Angeles TimesTue, 20 Jul 2010 11:44:00 GMT