Monthly Archives: November 2010
Diplomacy: the Eyes Have It
DN Tuesday, November 30, 2010: Please write a paragraph to answer two of the following questions: U.S. Launches Criminal Probe of WikiLeaks: “The Washington Post reports federal authorities are investigating whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be charged under the … Continue reading
Iceland & US Diplomacy Skating on Thin Ice
DN Monday, November 29, 2010 – Choose two questions to answer: WikiLeaks Releases Trove of Secret U.S. Diplomatic Cables: In one of the revealed documents, the US government admits that Honduras was a military coup. What’s the significance of this? … Continue reading
Derrick Jensen – The Everything Guy
DN Friday, November 26, 2010 Author and Activist Derrick Jensen: “The Dominant Culture is Killing the Planet…It’s Very Important for Us to Start to Build a Culture of Resistance” Answer one of the following questions in a paragraph, using a … Continue reading
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Barefoot Economics meets Oxford Wingtips
DN Friday, October 26, 2010: Chilean Economist Manfred Max-Neef on Barefoot Economics, Poverty and Why The U.S. is Becoming an “Underdeveloping Nation” Information Questions (please answer both): What are Max-Neef’s four things that we need in economics? What are his … Continue reading
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What’s Your Breaking Point?
On Tuesday’s DN, Ralph Nader asked a darn good question. Amy grilled him about the danger of ending up with the greater of two evils, because votes get diverted from the lesser one. His answer was “What’s your breaking point?” … Continue reading
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Shadow Wars and Guerilla Presidents
Today’s DN headlines included an attack on Arundhati Roy’s house by the Indian version of the Tea Party because of her position that Kashmir isn’t part of India to begin with. This is like saying Puerto Rico doesn’t belong to … Continue reading
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