Would you like to go to a good college for free?

You can now attend lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, for free. Here's the site to visit to attend the courses. "UC Berkeley on YouTube will provide a public window into university life: academics, events and athletics," said vice provost for undergraduate education Christina Maslach. The University plans to continually add…

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“We the People”? How quaint.

Glenn Greenwald's column at Salon.com shows how business is really done in the bowels of Washington D.C.   Yes, it's always been ugly.  But has it ever been this ugly? Speaking of the disease of the Washington Establishment, yet another report, this one from the Washington Post, indicates that "Democrats on…

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On using private contractors in combat areas

How and when did this practice originate? This article from The Atlantic presents some of the basics: In fact, the former Halliburton subsidiary of Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) consummated its veritable marriage with the  U.S. military during the Clinton administration, when the firm’s logistical capabilities were indispensable to the…

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