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Here in the 21st century, we like to pride ourselves on our innovation. Yet authors writing a century ago had many of the same problems we have today, and

Lisa Benjamin (Lewis & Clark Law School) & David A. Wirth (Boston College - Law School; Vermont Law School) have posted From Marrakesh to Glasgow: Looking Backward to Move Forward on Emissions Trading (Climate Law Volume 11: Issue 3-4) on...

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Looking beyond the latest quarterly GDP figures, the truth is we’re getting better off more slowly than before.

Today, interest in Jane Addams is keen, and her reputation is in ascent.

Yanis Varoufakis’ new book, Another Now, is a utopian novel. It follows the form of most utopian works in that it is didactic, with minimal character development and a slim plot line. So, if that turns you off, you might as well not read further. However, if you do enjoy informed speculations of a possible […]

Experts in a literary genre often overlooked in Israel explain what makes it so unique.

Put into consideration that afghanistan is landlocked. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to express my hope that this hearing is just the beginning, a first step in an in-depth analysis going not just to the last ten weeks, but ten weeks and longer back, so we can match the courage of the men and women of america, all of them and all of their families, not just in afghanistan, but around the world. and we owe them, veterans of america, much more than were giving them ri...

0 theres no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan, which was our core original mission. and everyone who has served in that war has been proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when ambassador calisade signed the agree...

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