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Julian Assange: Sex Criminal or Political Refugee?

-Sarah Wildman
Rather than address claims against him, Assange has been able to leverage his Robin Hood status, to claim for himself a cloak of victimization and in the process victimize his accusers.
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Muslim Baiting: Peter King's Dangerous Obsession

-Sarah Wildman

Non-violent protests in Egypt and elsewhere provided Americans with a view of the Muslim world that Peter King seems blind to. His insistence on seeing evil as the province of Islam serves no one well.

John Galliano, Anti-Semitism, and the Power of Words

-Sarah Wildman

Racist and anti-Semitic remarks are punishable with jail time in France and denying the Holocaust is illegal in several countries. But has anti-Semitism disappeared simply because it is illegal to express it? It has not.

Israel Quietly Shuts Down Embassies as Sabers Rattle in the Middle East

-Sarah Wildman

As protests continue in Bahrain, Yemen, Algeria, and Iran, tensions are rising between Israel and Hezbollah.

Days of Rage: As Mideast Protests Spread, Peaceful Outcomes Are Up in the Air

-Sarah Wildman

What started in Tunisia has spread thick and fast throughout the region. Though Egyptian protests turned out well, uprisings elsewhere in the Middle East are dicey propositions.

Henri Huet, 'Most Influential' Vietnam War Photojournalist, Finally Honored

-Sarah Wildman

The AP photographer died 40 years ago when he and three colleagues were shot down over Laos. His niece helped put together an exhibit of his work, currently on display in Paris.

Israel Tense as Egypt Slides Into Power Vacuum

-Sarah Wildman

The chaos in Egypt has rattled Israelis. They worry about preserving the 30-year peace with Egypt and what the new government will mean for their future.

Cairo Is Not Berlin: The Folly of Mistaking Egypt for the Former Eastern Bloc

-Sarah Wildman

For the United States, there are big differences between the breaking away of Eastern Bloc countries from communist domination some 20 years ago and what is happening in Egypt in 2011.

Secretary of State Clinton: End the Violence and Lift the Information Blackout in Egypt

-Sarah Wildman

'We strongly believe the Egyptian government needs to engage immediately with the Egyptian people in implementing needed political, economic and social reforms.' -- Hillary Clinton

Railroad to Hell: France's SNCF Expresses 'Sorrow,' 'Regret' for Holocaust Role

-Sarah Wildman

Sixty-six years after Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated, a battle is still being fought over the complicity of France's national railroad in the deportation of Jews who died there.

Sinking Peace: Leaked Documents Said to Show Decline of Middle East Talks

-Sarah Wildman

Al Jazeera claims the papers expose concessions Palestinians made to Israelis in round after round of Middle East peace talks.

Julian Assange: Sex Criminal or Political Refugee?

-Sarah Wildman

Rather than address claims against him, Assange has been able to leverage his Robin Hood status, to claim for himself a cloak of victimization and in the process victimize his accusers.

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