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Brett Favre’s Last Shot

Dave Zirin Wisconsin Examiner
There will be apologists for the game who will no doubt say that one cannot “blame football” for Favre’s condition. They sound like the tobacco company executives disavowing any connection between smoking and lung cancer.

The Race That Can’t Be Won

Jessica T. Mathews The New York Review of Books
A new nuclear arms race is beginning. It will be far more dangerous than the last one.

Longshoremen Strike Deadline Looms Large Over Economy and Election

Taylor Giorno The Hill
Tens of thousands of longshoremen at 14 ports along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico are poised to strike early Tuesday morning if their union and employers cannot reach an agreement by midnight, which could disrupt the economy and the election.

The Left Wins Presidential Election in Sri Lanka

Atul Chandra, Vijay Prashad CounterPunch
Whether Dissanayake will be able to deliver on this program of economic sovereignty is to be seen. However, his victory has certainly encouraged a new generation.