By Dirk Kurbjuweit While far from a dictatorship, the United States has employed a number of paranoid tactics that delegitimize its democracy. This phenomenon is on display in the fictional TV series “Homeland,” which depicts hysterical CIA agents in a… Read More ›
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Mystery of flag from iconic 9/11 photo that went missing the night after the attacks and has never been seen again
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 20:10 EST, 1 September 2013 | UPDATED: 21:57 EST, 1 September 2013 The flag that three weary New York City firefighters hoisted above the wreckage of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001… Read More ›
Former co-worker claims New York’s $167,000-a-year medical examiner took plane handle as souvenir from 9/11 site as ‘good coffee table conversation’
Barbara Butcher is now Chief of Staff at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, but in 2005 she admitted to taking the door handle ‘for a day or two’ before retuning it ‘I would have been fired’: Co-worker Kenneth… Read More ›
The UK Bans Two Prominent American Bloggers From Entering the Country
Jun. 26, 2013 11:59pm Mike Opelka (This story has been updated.) On Wednesday, two American citizens were told that their opinions were a danger to the UK and as such, they were banned from visiting the country. Pamela Geller and… Read More ›
Difficult-to-read font reduces political polarity, study finds
11/2/2012 | Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor | 217-333-5802; diya@illinois.edu . CHAMPAIGN, lll. — Liberals and conservatives who are polarized on certain politically charged subjects become more moderate when reading political arguments in a difficult-to-read font, researchers report in a… Read More ›