Mining, Harvesting and Civic Carcinogens

Woodchip Gazette discusses how U.S. national security policies undermine civil society at home and abroad. [ READ ]

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The Indignation in Spain...

Woodchip discusses the protests and elections in Spain, as well as the lines being drawn around the world in the global economy. [ READ ]

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The Queen's Speech

Chipsters ponder the Queen's visit to Ireland and the work of her speech. [READ]

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Cinco de Mayo -- A Poor Excuse for a Party

Woodchip Gazette takes note of the historical misconceptions surrounding Mexico's alleged liberation from the French. [ READ ]

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A True National Security Moment

Chipsters discuss the real significance of Bin Laden's "boating accident at sea" [ READ ]

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A Republic, You Say?

Chipsters discuss the advantages of monarchy versus monarchy. [ READ ]

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Knock, Knock -- It's the I.M.F. ...

Chipsters explain the I.M.F's concepts of inputs and outputs. [ READ ]

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Confining Manning & Falling into the Outer Darkness

Once again, Woodchippers examine the implications of solitary confinement on our constitutional universe and how the depersonalizing of one dehumanizes all. [ READ ]

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Folly on the Nile & The Calculus of History

Woodchip examines what Tolstoy and Machiavelli would have a said about the "unrest" spreading throughout the Arab world. [READ]

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Earth & Sky -- An Historical Obituary for Bishop Ruiz of Chiapas

On the death of Samuel Ruiz, bishop of Chiapas, Woodchip uses the occasion to examine the history of Church activism in Hispanic America, to reflect on the antecedents of Liberation Theology and to think about the questions the Zapatista peasant movement would have us ask. [READ]

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The Bezerkeley Gypsy and The Hysteria of Impotence

Woodchips ponders the impotence of the Left. [READ]

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The Wrong Type of Climate Control -- The Risks of Free Speech

Once again, Woodchip Gazette warns against trying to make speech "safe" and recalls James Madison to remind us that freedom always entails risks... [READ]

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