76 America's Confidence Crisis

Abdul — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:26:21 -0500

After five years of lies, incompetence and disorder, the US is facing a moral crisis that it may not survive.

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Vulture Funds: A New Category in Capitalism

Abdul — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:49:59 -0500

A new capitalism – brutal and conquering – is moving in. It’s the capitalism of a new category of vulture funds: private equity funds with the appetite of an ogre that command colossal amounts of capital.

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Caracas

Abdul — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:00:44 -0500

Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is lifting the Caracas barrios out of poverty and giving the slums a new kind of meaning.

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Waiting for D-Day

Abdul — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:10:23 -0500

Mary and Dave are getting divorced after 25 years of marriage. My question is, what’s the rush? Why did they wait 25 years?

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Witness

Abdul — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:20:13 -0500

Whether it’s the stills of Khmer Rouge victims or the portraits of dead American soldiers, we need to witness both sides of death to understand what war has wrought.

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Cockroach Herding

Abdul — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:04:19 -0500

When marketers convince us to follow their trends, the difference between humans and insects gets a little blurrier.

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Banksy Bombs

Abdul — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:59:30 -0500

When street artist Banksy’s pictures appeared on the West Bank “partition wall,” they drew the world’s attention to the barrier in ways that protest and op-ed pieces could not.

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Bare Bones

Abdul — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:49:02 -0500

We’ve been sucked into a disgusting cycle: we pile on the pounds, chase them away on the treadmill, and then celebrate with junk food. Where is our balance?

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The Pain of Others

Abdul — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:32:36 -0500

Being homeless already means living in brutal poverty. Increasingly, it also means brutal violence.

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New Wave Coffee

Abdul — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:24:32 -0500

After years of destructive dominance, Starbucks is getting its butt kicked by indy coffee shops.

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