Thursday, December 2, 2010

Thursday's Top News: Truth's Consequences: WikiLeaks' War on Secrecy

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Truth's Consequences: WikiLeaks' War on Secrecy

By Massimo Calabresi

Rogue activist Julian Assange wants to curb government secrecy, but his massive leak of classified U.S. diplomatic cables is undermining the Obama Administration's efforts to do just that

Can Biodiversity Protect Us From Disease?

By Bryan Walsh

Anyone lucky enough to catch a glimpse of an endangered Indri lemur screaming through a forest in Madagascar or humpback whale cresting in the north Atlantic knows there's an intrinsic value to a world with species beyond Homo sapiens

The E.U. Probe: Is Google Rigging Its Search Results?

By Leo Cendrowicz / Brussels

After complaints from three websites that Google is giving preference to its own results, the E.U. has launched an investigation to decide whether or not the company is monopolizing the world of search

WikiLeaks Shows the Skills of U.S. Diplomats

By Fareed Zakaria

Diplomatic cables made public by WikiLeaks show the skills of American diplomats, not their failings

Stevens' Death Penalty Case Lets Himself Off Too Easily

By DAVID VON DREHLE

The retired Supreme Court Justice is eloquently arguing that the system of capital punishment is broken in America. But he fails to admit that the system has been broken from Day One, doomed by an unworkable design that he helped dream up

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By Michael Scherer

Steny Hoyer, the House Democrats' #2, announced today that there will be a vote Thursday on extending just the middle class tax cuts, not the tax cuts for the richest 2 percent. This is exactly what liberals have been advocating for weeks, with online spots like this one. The second part of the liberal gambit, [...]

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Krav Maga: Israeli Self-Defense Goes Global

By David Kaufman / Netanya

Bored by the beach in Tel Aviv? Go take a lesson in the self-defense practice Krav Maga -- a workout that can literally save your life

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