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Sam Anderson Moxley

Biden brings momentum back - 1 views

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United States Presidential Race Vice President Debate

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  • Sam Anderson Moxley on 14 Oct 12
     
    This article gives an Arab perspective on the vice presidential debate. There are some interesting choices in words to describe Biden's apparent victory over Ryan Thursday night: "feisty vice president Joe Biden came out swinging" "clashed sharply" "savaged surging" "crackling showdown" "Passionate and adamant". This type of language demonstrates the writers bias toward The democratic party. They also illustrate their bias through their explanation of the mixed post-debate polls. They explain that Ryan's good looks distracted viewers from Biden's stellar points.
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  • Jasper Arasteh on 15 Oct 12
     
    I think this is a very interesting viewpoint to read about the debate from. Its interesting how the writer seems much more biased towards the democratic party despite the democratic party's promises regarding Israel at the DNC. It appears that this site is Saudi Arabian. Since the Saudi government is such a big ally of the united states, it makes me wonder how reporters in a country thats not on so good terms with the US like Iran views the current election. Also I think they were saying that Biden's facial expressions were distracting, not Ryan's looks, but I could be wrong.
  • Michelle Ito on 15 Oct 12
     
    I agree with Sam and Jasper, I thought that the reporter seemed very biased towards the democratic party. And I understand how some reporters cannot help themselves because he or she believes so much in the candidate's beliefs and agenda. But this article is not an example of this type of bias. Instead, the reporter focused a lot on the candidates personality and appearance. I think this is wrong; it is more important to talk about what Biden and Ryan said and stand for than how they said it even if they are just running for vice president. This makes me question the effects readers (who did not watch or listen to the debate) will have. And if this does greatly affect readers, how well informed these readers are, and why this article affected them?
  • Robert Giesler on 15 Oct 12
     
    I think this site posts very biased articles in general on this election. After the last debate, the report on that seemed incredibly biased towards Republicans, so I think maybe they just go with whoever "won" the debate. It's interesting how the only evidence used in the debate shown in this article is about foreign policy and terrorism, and I agree that it would be interesting to look at something from Iran or the likes.
  • Kay Bradley on 15 Oct 12
     
    Good find, Sam! Even if the source shows overt bias, it's good to know what's out there being said about US politics!
Matt Harband

BBC News- Libya Controversy in Vice-Presidential Debate - 1 views

www.bbc.com/...world-us-canada-19932310

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  • Matt Harband on 13 Oct 12
     
    Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are tying to do whatever they can to avert the attention from Ryan losing the Vice Presidential debate. The main area of contention is whether or not the US Embassy in Benghazi asked the American government for extra security before the attacks on September 11th that killed 4 Americans. Biden claims that he and the president were not asked to enhance security measures, while sworn testimony from the staff of the embassy said that they asked for more protection. In my opinion, there is a lot of ad-libbing in the debates, therefore to put a candidates word choice under so much scrutiny is pointless. Mitt Romney's camp seems to be jumping on biden's every word to make up for the insufficiencies in his own platform.
  • Rory Chipman on 14 Oct 12
     
    Its unfortunate that the campaign race has become something of a food fight of gossip and rumors. It has gotten to the point where no one can tell who is telling the truth or not. Romney seems determined to portray the President as incompetent especially his comparison between Joe Bidden and Paul Ryan.
  • Alexander Luckmann on 14 Oct 12
     
    Although I agree with both Matt and Rory, I would like to point out that the criticism of the campaign is very much focused on the Republican party. I think it's important to note that perhaps Biden did, in fact, distort the truth in the debate; saying that he didn't know about something if he did is not a simple slip of the tongue. factcheck.org put Ryan's falsehoods at 6 and Biden's at 3. Although it is clear who lied more, this is a disgusting statistic: the candidates lied NINE TIMES during their debate. Although there is a lot of information they have to cover, I think that one must hold Biden as responsible for his lies as one does Ryan.
diegomartelll

Watch Trevor Noah, Tomi Lahren's Fierce Political Debate - Rolling Stone - 1 views

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  • diegomartelll on 01 Dec 16
     
    Trevor Noah and Tomi Lahren debated on the Daily Show
Kay Bradley

2012 Presidential Debate Schedule « 2012 Election Central - 1 views

www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/...2-presidential-debate-schedule

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  • Kay Bradley on 27 Sep 12
     
    Election Central!  
Alexander Luckmann

Village Reignites Debate Over Italy's Fascist Past - 0 views

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  • Alexander Luckmann on 29 Aug 12
     
    This month, the town's fascist sympathies became the subject of intense debate when its mayor unveiled a publicly financed memorial to one of its most controversial former citizens: Rodolfo Graziani, a general under Mussolini who was accused of war crimes at the end of World War II and earned the title of "the Butcher" in two campaigns during Italy's colonization of North Africa in the 1920s and '30s.
  • Kay Bradley on 03 Sep 12
     
    CoPo Relevance: influence of a country's history over its current identity/political culture. Thanks, Alexander.
Kay Bradley

Beyond Belief - Clive Crook - The Atlantic - 0 views

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  • name a single proposition in all social science that was both true and nontrivial. It took a while, but Samuelson finally thought of a good answer: the principle of comparative advantage
  • The doctrine in question, devised by David Ricardo in 1817, makes a strong claim about the gains that accrue from trade.
  • For nearly 200 years, the principle of comparative advantage, and the ideas about economic policy that flowed from it, divided the world into two camps: those with basic economic literacy, and the rest.
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  • Understanding this idea, and advocating it to the world, was part of what it meant to be an economist—especially an American economist.
  • ately things have changed. Some of America’s most eminent economists, including Samuelson himself, have edged away from that earlier consensus.
  • The shift is both momentous and disturbing. Just why it happened is a mystery.
  • what the principle of comparative advantage does not say.
  • trade between two countries will make both better off so long as each is especially good at making something different from the other
  • absolute advantage
  • there are mutual gains from trade even when one country is better at producing everything. All that matters is that its margin of superior efficiency is greater for some products than for others.
  • comparative advantage
  • Kay Bradley on 24 Sep 12
     
    Clive Crook weighs in on the Globalization debate.  
Kay Bradley

Comparative advantage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Kay Bradley on 25 Sep 12
     
    More info on economists' debate over comparative advantage theory
Alex Sommer

Time To Pack Up - 0 views

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  • Alex Sommer on 15 Oct 12
     
    The war in Afghanistan has been going on since the Presidency of George W. Bush, costing upwards of 500 billion dollars and the active duty of 1% of all American lives. The debate about the future of the war has recently risen to the surface in American politics due to the upcoming Presidential Election. In the vice-presidential debate, Representative Paul Ryan noted that he and his running partner do not want to "lose the Taliban" and lose all the claimed progress they have achieved thus far. In contrast, Biden noted that the war has been fruitless and promises to remove all US troops by 2014. A "victory" in the war is improbable and practically impossible ever since the US got involved in Iraq. Personally, more time spent in the country fighting will not help the minimal gains achieved in Afghanistan.
Kay Bradley

The Clash of Ignorance | The Nation - 0 views

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  • Kay Bradley on 29 Oct 12
     
    Edward Said on the Clash of Civilizations debate.  
Kay Bradley

Africa's Scramble for Europe - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • But mostly Calais highlights two major differences between the immigration issue in America and Europe, two ways in which migration — from Africa, above all — is poised to divide and reshape the European continent in ways that go far beyond anything the United States is likely to experience.
  • it poses a major dilemma for the European Union, which allows free movement across its internal borders, but which is composed of nation-states that still want sovereignty over their respective immigration policies.
  • America has a mild version of this tension: Witness the recent debate over “sanctuary cities,” or state-federal conflicts over immigration enforcement.
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  • Witness the recent debate over “sanctuary cities,” or state-federal conflicts over immigration enforcement.
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      Kay Bradley on 17 Oct 16
       
      Discuss sanctuary cities in US, murder of San Francisco woman by illegal immigrant this summer, etc.
  • the desire for real national control over immigration policy may be as dangerous to the E.U. project in the long run as the already-evident folly of expanding the common currency to Greece.
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      Kay Bradley on 17 Oct 16
       
      Two issues to discuss here: EU nations' desire for a an independent immigration policy; expanding common currency to a nation like Greece
  • “Brexit” from the European Union.
  • It’s behind the rise of the National Front in France, and Euroskeptical parties the continent over.
  • Europe’s already-significant north-south divisions
  • the scale of the migration that may be coming to Europe over the next fifty years.
  • 300 million people in the United States and just under 600 million in all the countries to our south
  • In 2050, according to the latest U.N. projections, Europe’s population will have dipped to (an aging) 707 million, while Africa’s population will be 2.4 billion
  • By 2100
  • 4.4 billion Africans
  • Europe’s population will be just 646 million.
  • northward migration – a kind of African “scramble for Europe”
  • Desperation might drive it, but so might rising expectations, the connections forged by growth and globalization.
  • Kay Bradley on 17 Oct 16
     
    population Africa Europe
olivialucas

Media's False Equivalency Played a Big Part In Government Shutdown - 0 views

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  • olivialucas on 29 Oct 13
     
    This article discusses the role inaccurate media portrayal played in the emergence and persistence of the Obamacare debate. The op-ed piece argues that false equivalency in the media by way of exaggerating the mistakes and flaws of one party to criticize the obvious sins of the other party allowed the media to add fuel to the fiery debate without appearing to have a bias for one side or the other.
Curtis Serrano

Pakistan drone attacks kill nine suspected militants - 3 views

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  • Harrison Lee on 03 Oct 10
     
    Drone attacks are actually a major topic in this year's debate resolution (about troops in several countries, including countries in the Middle East). A major argument against the use of drones is the fact that they are unmanned. This means that the risk of losing soldiers is taken out of the equation when ordering military strikes. This risk has been one of the foremost deterrents against unnecessary military operations in the past. While the operations may be effective, many civilians are killed in the process, and there is significant collateral damage. Lastly, since the drones are stealthy, it is easier for the U.S. to evade accusations by not confessing to owning or using drones.
  • Rachel Katzoff on 03 Oct 10
     
    Drone attacks are a key part of the US's couterterrorism strategy in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.They have proven fairly successful at targeting militants but they also often kill innocent civilians by accident. Many see drones as being much more cost effective then other counterinsurgency or nation building efforts in those countries. A growing debate in the military now is the shift from counterinsurgency (nation building) to counterteorrism (drones) because it is much more cost effective and it requries less military casualties. Originally the drones were only used in Afghanistan, but now they have started targetting terrorists in Pakistan. The civilian lives lost in drone attacks in Pakistan hurt US-Pakistan relations.
Catherine Binder

Say hi to the Crazy - 3 views

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  • Catherine Binder on 04 Oct 10
     
    This article is a few weeks old, but the writer brings up interesting points about Islam, the NY mosque debate, and the United States' international relations. His mention of Hiroshima's Peace Park in comparison to the US' plans for Ground Zero is intriguing. Heather's article about the syphilis experiment in Guatemala is just one recent example of why the US is perceived as domineering. I never thought to question our plans for the former site of the World Trade Center, but I completely agree with the writer - why are we building a gaudy shiny tower instead of something more inviting that could facilitate discussions between countries? He states that "It would be nice if our ground zero could become an international home of reconciliation. Instead of continuing the hatred, defuse it."
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  • anonymous on 04 Oct 10
     
    I like how Jon talks about "the Crazy." I sometimes get caught up in trying to figure out how and why some people have seemingly immoral opinions about things. I first have to remind myself that I'm not always right myself, and if after that I think the issue really is a simple difference between right and wrong, I try to think of the reasons as to why people would think differently from me. It's one thing to think that all of those people are just stupid, all of them have to be evil to think such a thing, all of them don't know what they're talking about. Truth is, it's a mix. I wish I knew more about the mosque issue to be able to have a solid opinion on whether or not it should be built, but I do think the people on each side of the matter need to stop generalizing about the other. The anti-mosque-ians should recognize that terrorists are part of every religion. The pro-mosque-ians should recognize that some of their opposers know what they're talking about, but a lot of them are just caught up in "the Crazy." Both sides should try to understand the other as to dispel any false notions they have about each other (or themselves) and to try and come to a rational, peaceful decision.
  • Heather Anderson on 04 Oct 10
     
    I never thought of comparing 9/11 to the bombing of Hiroshima. Although what happened on 9/11 was absolutely terrible, the scale of the tragedies is really different: 2,000 vs 100,000, a few crazies vs a nation's decision to use extreme power. I don't want to sound insensitive, but I feel as though 9/11 is sometimes blown out of proportion; there have been worse tragedies in the world, at least statistically speaking. However, the emotional and symbolic significance definitely hit the U.S. hard: so many people killed, so much fear, being attacked so close to home, over different religious beliefs. I get the feeling that the author is comparing 9/11 to Hiroshima partially to appeal to people who view it on that scale. I never thought much about the plans for the new towers, but when I did, I suppose I thought it was good we were picking ourselves up and moving forward. But perhaps we would be moving forward in the wrong direction. I really like the idea of a peace garden or a building dedicated to world peace. I think that would be a very inspired way to address the tensions that caused 9/11. I hope parts of the new building will be dedicated to working for peace. Although I doubt anyone will suddenly change the plans for the tower, I think it is actually quite possible that some parts of the building will serve this purpose.
  • Gregory Freiberg on 04 Oct 10
     
    I agree with Alison. All to often we get caught up in our own opinions which sometimes means that we contend every other opinion is wrong. For example, I think that the mosque should be built near ground zero. I think this because to generalize against a whole religion because of a small part of one of the largest religions in the world seems dumb; however, after thinking about this I do realize that the other side to this argument is valid. Why a mosque? Can't we accomplish something similar in terms of fostering peace by building something else? As heather said, this still could be moving forward in the wrong direction. I do not know. But I am trying to be open about the other side to this very multidimensional issue. It is wrong of us to think it is an ethical issue with two side of right and wrong, there is in fact a lot of grey areas.
  • Rick Rodgers on 04 Oct 10
     
    Hey all, I'd just like to remind everyone that the "mosque" is not being built at ground zero (in fact it's in a Burlington Coat Factory blocks away: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-sledge/just-how-far-is-the-groun_b_660585.html. I think the ethical debate surrounding the issue is just further testament to the fact that many Americans unconsciously subscribe to media hype, regardless of their positions on issues. While I agree with what has been said about the ethics of a hypothetical mosque at ground zero, we should realize that this ethical dilemma is a fallacy and exists only as a headline. Also, I think the we/the press/everyone should be more careful who we label as "crazy irrational terrorists". We should realize that those guys didn't get on the planes on 9/11 because they were born without enough of X hormone, they were there because of a long history of western intervention etc. in their home countries. We shouldn't be so quick to dismiss terrorism as an irrational act by sick people, it only allows us to forget the underlying complicity that we have with the issue.
Kay Bradley

The Debate Over Critical Race Theory - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • In a culture-war brawl that has spilled into the country’s education system, Republicans at the local, state and national levels are trying to block curriculums that emphasize systemic racism.More than 20 states have introduced legislation restricting lessons on racism and other so-called divisive concepts.
kylany

Italy Proposal to Add Female Statue to Square of Men Stirs Debate - The New York Times - 4 views

www.nytimes.com/...e-padua-prato-della-valle.html

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  • kylany on 09 Jan 22
     
    In Padua, Italy, there is much debate over a proposal to include a female philosopher in a monument whose sculptures are all men. Some people even saw the proposal as an example of "cancel culture".
  • anays2023 on 14 Jan 22
     
    I don't know much about Italy but I know their current leaders are quite conservative and unwavering so this largely makes sense.
Matt Harband

Iranian Rial in Downward Spiral - 1 views

www.economist.com/21564607

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  • Matt Harband on 13 Oct 12
     
    The Iranian national currency, the rial has been in steady decline for months, and the only method that the government has used to combat the issue is to print more money-- not the best plan of action.
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  • Alexander Luckmann on 14 Oct 12
     
    Inflation at above 25% since January -- that's a ridiculous rate. As we saw in "Commanding Heights", economy and politics are closely tied together, and it will be fascinating to see to what extent the economy swings support toward Ahmadinejad's opposition. Could Iran be in a similar position as Russia was in the '80s, perhaps spending far too much on the military (nuclear bomb??) to manage the economy wisely?
  • Thomas Peterson on 15 Oct 12
     
    I agree with what Alexander said. I think it would be interesting to investigate whether or not the Obama administration has considered applying economic pressure to Iran in order to achieve diplomatic means. With Iran in such an unstable economic state (which I am surprised isn't covered more by American news media), why would the US government even consider using military force against Iran if the Ahmadinejad regime could be destabilized in another way. We'll see how Obama and Romney treat this issue in the foreign policy debate, as Obama could use an argument based on Iran's economic instability in going against Romney's position on using military force against Iran.
  • Kay Bradley on 15 Oct 12
     
    yes!
Rory Chipman

A Hit Man At 13 - 1 views

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  • Rory Chipman on 15 Jan 13
     
    This was a very weird article... It was on the front page of The Spectator and I thought it would be interesting to read since there has been so much debate over guns in the US in the past two months. The article was weird because the reporter was very suspicious of the cartel member. It seemed a very odd article to be on the front page because it talked about very gruesome practices.
  • Rory Chipman on 15 Jan 13
     
    I also realize that this article isn't directly related to politics but I think it does a great job of giving insight into a whole world that the general public is ignorant about.
Alex Sommer

AlJazeera - 0 views

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  • Alex Sommer on 17 Jan 13
     
    I found this article especially interesting on Aljazeera's website, because it looks at an American criminal and personal/moral issue in the eyes of a Middle Eastern and largely Arabic news staff. I wanted to see if they had tainted eyes or more contempt for this Marine who defamed a dead body. What I found is the article did a great job of sticking to the news story and not straying into any moral debates or inappropriate personal commentary on the soldier's actions. This is obviously how a good journalist news writer should write and act, and the author, Mr. Deptola, did a good job of keeping the expository stance.
alisimons

Germany Faces Few Mass Shootings Amid Tough Gun Laws - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...tings-amid-tough-gun-laws.html

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  • alisimons on 09 Oct 15
     
    BERLIN - The last major debate over gun control in Germany was in 2009, when Tim Kretschmer, 17, got his hands on one of his father's guns and went on a rampage at his school in Winnenden, in southwest Germany.
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