ELLEN FISHBEIN, Staff Writer
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May 2, 2014
Wikipedia: It’s the crowdsourced knowledge engine that’s free to read, write and edit for everyone. It’s the collaborative project of over 300,000 people writing in 287 languages. But it’s more...
May 1, 2013
In June 2011, the media preoccupied itself with its latest political scandal—Anthony Weiner, former representative of New York’s 9th Congressional District in the House of Representatives, had...
March 13, 2013
When Pope Benedict XVI became the Pope Emeritus (a title indicating he had retired) on Feb. 26, the Vatican deleted the tweets from his Twitter page and consigned them to an archive on the Vatican website....
February 27, 2013
The word ‘sequestration’ sounds scary, full of hisses and sharp, unvoiced consonants. But what is sequestration, really? Why is everyone so afraid of it? Sequestration began as yet another opportunity...
February 20, 2013
As another State of the Union Address has come and gone, President Barack Obama’s promises—to close the Guantanamo Bay camp and to stop federal racial profiling—lie where he shelved them. But...
November 30, 2012
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), aptly termed “drones,” appeal to my inner utilitarian. These pilotless planes, controlled by remote navigators, allow the U.S. military to strike anywhere...
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