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Feffer: The Contradictions of Kaesong

Commentary, May, 30 2006 John Feffer
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I admit that the issue of North Korea has scrambled my political compass. Ordinarily, I oppose nuclear power as an expensive, even dangerous source of energy. But I support civilian nuclear power plants in North Korea as part of a deal to end the ...

Feffer: Cartoon Fundamentalists

Commentary, March, 07 2006 John Feffer
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The recent brouhaha over the Mohammed cartoons seems, on the surface, to pit liberals against fundamentalists. On the one side are the defenders of such liberal values as free speech and freedom of the press. On the other side are an intolerant bu...

Feffer: Immigration Nation?

Commentary, February, 09 2006 John Feffer
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The fifteen Cubans thought they had made it to the United States. In early January, they sailed in a homemade boat from Cuba and reached an old bridge on the southern tip of Florida. According to the U.S. immigration policy known as "wet foot, d...

Feffer: The End of Anonymity

Commentary, November, 28 2005 John Feffer
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The Internet is a great place for anonymity. A woman can go into a chat room on the Web and pretend to be a man. A teenager can pretend to be a lawyer and give out free legal advice. A blogger with a pseudonym can dispense inside gossip about the ...

Feffer: The Perils of Imperial Indigestion

Commentary, August, 30 2005 John Feffer
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The United States currently spends more than $400 billion a year on the military. This is nearly one-half of the entire global expenditure on military affairs. Two nearest U.S. rivals in military spending, China and Russia, are not even close: c...

Feffer: Dealing with North Korea

Commentary, March, 03 2005 John Feffer
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North Korea's public declaration of nuclear status does not definitively prove that it possesses nuclear weapons. What's clear is that Pyongyang expects no changes in Bush administration policy. The nuclear announcement and North Korea's decision ...