Vendettas of the Week

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Too Many Tanks

Michael Zucker September 16, 2015

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States has used its military to defend… References and FootnotesDwight Eisenhower, "President Eisenhower's Farewell Address," Eisenhower Presidential Library, January 17, 1961, accessed  September 4, 2015. ↩"What Is the Military-Industrial Complex?" September 4, 2015. ↩"Congress Pushes for Weapons Pentagon Didn't Want," Military.com,  April 20, 2012, accessed  September 4, 2015. ↩ Matt Apuzzo, "War Gear Flows to Police Departments," The New York Times,  June 8, 2014, accessed on  September 4, 2015. ↩ Evan Perez, "Obama Limits Military-style Weapons for Police Forces," CNN,  May 18, 2015, accessed on September 4, 2015. ↩ Dwight Eisenhower, "Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote," A-Z Quotes, accessed on  September 5, 2015. ↩

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In Remembrance: Facing Terrorism

Paul Minassian September 11, 2015

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To Pardon or Not?

Christopher Law September 9, 2015

It has been two years since Edward Snowden leaked… References and Footnotes"Timeline of Edward Snowden's Revelations," accessed September 6, 2015. ↩Alec Luhn and Mark Tran, "Edward Snowden given Permission to Stay in Russia for Three More Years," Guardian, August 7, 2014, accessed September 6, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/edward-snowden-permission-stay-in-russia-three-years. ↩Rebecca Berg, "Hillary Clinton: 'I Can Never Condone' Edward Snowden," Washington Examiner, September 5, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015, http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-clinton-i-can-never-condone-edward-snowden/article/2560672. ↩Charlie Spiering, "Chris Christie: Edward Snowden is 'A Traitor And A Piece of Garbage,'" Breitbart, July 22, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015,  http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/22/chris-christie-edward-snowden-is-a-traitor-and-a-piece-of-garbage ↩Cheryl Chumley, "Donald Trump on Edward Snowden: Kill the ‘Traitor,’" Washington Times, July 2, 2013, accessed September 6, 2015. ↩Ben Axelson, "Edward Snowden Tells John Oliver Nude Photos Aren't Safe from NSA Surveillance," April 6, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015, http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2015/04/edward_snowden_nude_obscene_photo_surveillance_john_oliver.html ↩Meek, James, Luis Martinez, and Alexander Mallin, "Intel Heads: Edward Snowden Did 'Profound Damage' to U.S. Security," ABC News, January 29, 2014, accessed September 6, 2015, http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/intel-heads-edward-snowden-profound-damage-us-security/story?id=22285388. ↩Glenn Greenwald, “On the Espionage Act Charges against Edward Snowden,” June 22, 2013, accessed September 6, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/22/snowden-espionage-charges. ↩“Ron Paul,” InvestmentWatch, April 2, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015, http://investmentwatchblog.com/ron-paul-my-understanding-is-that-espionage-means-giving-secret-or-classified-information-to-the-enemy-since-snowden-shared-information-with-the-american-people-his-indictment-for-espionage-could ↩

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A Balancing Act

Michael Zucker September 9, 2015

Most Republicans and moderate Democrats have supported free trade in recent years, wanting the… References and FootnotesDoris Kearns Goodwin, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, Simon and Schuster, 2013, Print. ↩"Robert Reich Explains How Globalization, Technology, and Natural Resources are Reshaping Global Economy," Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly, Oct. 4 2013, accessed August 27, 2015. ↩David Brooks, "The Democratic Tea Party," The New York Times,  June 15, 2015, accessed Aug. 25, 2015. ↩Sanders Bernie, "Senator Bernie Sanders: The Trans-Pacific Trade (TPP) Agreement Must Be Defeated,” Aug. 27, 2015. ↩Ian Bremmer, "Ian Bremmer on the Surprising Importance of the TPP," Time, Apr. 14, 2015, accessed Aug. 27, 2015. ↩Leo Gerard, "China Protects Its Workers; America Doesn't Bother," The Huffington Post, Aug. 17, 2015, accessed Aug. 27, 2015. ↩Robert Reich, "Why Getting Tough With China Won't Solve Our Jobs Problem," Sept. 10 2010, accessed Aug. 26, 2015. ↩Leo Gerard, "China Protects Its Workers; America Doesn't Bother," The Huffington Post, Aug. 17, 2015, accessed Aug. 27, 2015. ↩Robert Reich, "Why Getting Tough With China Won't Solve Our Jobs Problem," Sept. 10, 2010, accessed Aug. 26, 2015. ↩Leo Gerard, "China Protects Its Workers; America Doesn't Bother," The Huffington Post, Aug. 17, 2015, accessed Aug. 27, 2015. ↩

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A Divisive Force

Paul Minassian September 2, 2015

Race and division have been a major element in American society and a heated topic… References and Footnotes Thought Catalog, "23 Quotes That Perfectly Explain Racism (To People Who Don’t ‘See Color’)," accessed September 2, 2015,  http://thoughtcatalog.com/erin-cossetta/2014/04/quotes-that-perfectly-explain-racism-to-people-who-dont-see-color ↩"An In-Depth Look at Public Corruption in California," California Common Sense, accessed September 2, 2015, http://cacs.org/research/depth-look-public-corruption-california ↩

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Lie-Witness Testimony

Christopher Law September 2, 2015

Today, over three hundred inmates have been released from prison after… References and Footnotes"Our Work," The Innocence Project, accessed August 30, 2015, http://www.innocenceproject.org/free-innocent. ↩Justin Rohrlich, "Why Are There Up to 120,000 Innocent People in US Prisons?” VICE News RSS, November 10, 2014, accessed September 1, 2015, https://news.vice.com/article/why-are-there-up-to-120000-innocent-people-in-us-prisons. ↩Phoebe Judge, "Jennifer Thompson," The Story, June 13, 2013, accessed August 30, 2015. ↩Marc Green, "Visual Expert Human Factors: Errors in Eyewitness Identification Procedures," accessed August 30, 2015, http://www.visualexpert.com/Resources/mistakenid.html. ↩Shoshana Guy, "Police Photo Lineups Challenged after Series of Wrongful Convictions,” NBC News, April 4, 2012, accessed August 30, 2015, http://rockcenter.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/04/04/11014568-police-photo-lineups-challenged-after-series-of-wrongful-convictions. ↩Jonah Lehrer, "How To Improve Eyewitness Testimony," Wired.com, April 15, 2012, accessed August 30, 2015, http://www.wired.com/2012/04/how-to-improve-eyewitness-testimony ↩