everybody agrees profs are underpaid. the reason is there are too many of them. it's not likely to be popular, but it's the correct approach. *applauds*.
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2013/12/johns_hopkins_plans_to_lower_ph_d_enrollment_and_raise_grad_student_stipends.html

https://phys.org/news/2013-12-electron-shapeliness-supersymmetry.html

http://www.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphy.2013.00009/

http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.251302
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-unconscious-thought-and-perception-affect-our-every-waking-moment

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/syrian-refugees/story/refuge/
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/elizabeth-may/2013/12/fossil-fuel-economy-has-short-and-painful-future
http://fpif.org/republicans-want-ways-treaties/
http://phys.org/news/2013-12-koch-brothers-reveals-funders-climate.html
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/14/ukra-d14.html

not likely, but if it's true it would signal a large shift in american foreign policy
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11186

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11169

gotta try what you can. it doesn't address the (spurious) israeli claim of weapons smuggling.
http://rabble.ca/news/2013/12/humanitarian-crisis-continues-palestinians-gazas-ark-gets-ready-to-set-sail

http://fpif.org/spineless-bali/
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/12/13/jang_song_thaeks_execution_is_even_weirder_than_you_think

if we're ever going to stop the tide of neo-liberalism, the establishment needs pressure on the left.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20653-the-end-of-the-assault-on-social-security-and-medicare

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/16/japa-d16.html
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/12/stephen-harper-nelson-mandela-and-whitewashing-past
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20657-americas-child-soldiers-jrotc-and-the-militarizing-of-america
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/12/16/the-bankruptcy-of-the-wests-syrian-policy/
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11192
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/16/pers-d16.html
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/12/16/the-black-gold-brigade/
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/12/16/us_weighing_closer_ties_with_hardline_islamists_in_syria
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/arrest-of-indian-diplomat-in-new-york-sparks-us-india-tensions/2013/12/17/09d1d81e-6714-11e3-997b-9213b17dac97_story.html

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11193
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18367-three-questions-about-the-motor-city
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11172
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/16/mexi-d16.html
http://fpif.org/mali-conflict-continues-year-french-led-invasion/
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/12/17/obamas-national-security-state/
http://www.cnas.org/blog/understanding-saudi-anger
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/feminist-current/2013/12/crux-beyonc%C3%A9-debate-what-feminism

i'm glad somebody is finally standing up and saying this. i'm absolutely entitled. i'm entitled to my fucking rights. and there's going to be conflict with anybody that suggests otherwise.
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2013/12/in-defense-of-entitlements/

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/16/makes_absolutely_no_sense_david_cay
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/12/irrational-energy-illusions-and-gold-rush-mentality-case-against-fracking
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/16/care-d16.html
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/16/kerry_s_return_to_vietnam_is_all_about_blocking_china
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/16/this_court_case_could_kneecap_the_nsa
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/16/incarceration_nation
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11199
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2013/12/17/saying-no-to-the-conjurers-trick-of-tax-cuts/
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/17/as_judge_rules_nsa_surveillance_almost
http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/nova-scotia-anti-fracking-coalition-worried-about/20452
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/18/patrick_cockburn_us_turns_blind_eye
http://www.socialist.ca/node/2012
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11218
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/12/17/stephen_harpers_merry_band_of_19th_century_liberals_walkom.html

lol. racism: a pan-francophone value. vive le quebec fascist?
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/12/17/french_president_franois_hollande_endorses_quebecs_proposed_values_charter.html

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11170
http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2013/12/18/our-mean-mceconomy/
http://warontherocks.com/2013/12/japans-new-defense-strategy/
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/12/17/exclusive_us_fingers_iranian_commandos_for_kidnapping_raid_inside_iraq

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/12/18/the-useu-egyptian-roadmap-to-hell/
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/12/18/does-obama-want-a-deal-with-iran-or-not/
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/18/ukra-d18.html
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/12/18/the-cia-and-the-washington-post/
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20701-mens-rights-and-revenge-porn-sites-seethe-with-anger-over-womens-autonomy
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/18/debate_is_academic_groups_boycott_of
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/12/18/slouching-toward-confrontation-in-the-south-china-sea/
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/17/green_rush_industrial_farmland_africa
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/12/18/mulcair_must_target_ontario_not_justin_trudeau_hbert.html
http://www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/2013/12/political-landscape-freezes-with-winter-cold-december-19-2013/
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/18/inqu-d18.html
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20706-iraqs-oil-workers-walk-off-drilling-rigs-and-take-to-the-streets
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/First+Nations+seek+charges+over+Obed+slurry+spill/9302945/story.html
http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/police-power-curtailed-supreme-court-decision/20468
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11217
http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/12/19/poll_kathleen_wynne_and_liberals_hold_their_lead_in_and_around_toronto.html

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11229

this aligns well with my theory that it's the germans, pissed about industrial espionage, that are behind the nsa leaks.
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/12/18/boeing_just_lost_a_huge_defense_contract_thanks_to_ed_snowden

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/18/israel_s_demographic_time_bomb_is_a_dud_israel_arab_two_state_solution

this isn't possible in the long run, and the goal of states determined by religion and ethnicity is not one that is just or worth pursuing.
http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/12/218506.htm

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11224
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/12/18/senate_panel_approves_bill_keeping_aid_flowing_to_military_governments

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11197
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/12/19/silicon_valley_scores_victory_against_the_surveillance_state
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/19/the_power_struggle_is_only_beginning_south_sudan

lol. nader's never going to live this down.
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11231

well, he's constitutionally barred from running in the next election. something is about to break, one way or another.
http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/12/20/the_end_of_erdogan

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/19/boycott_me_please
http://rabble.ca/news/2013/12/unanimous-supreme-court-ruling-strikes-down-prostitution-laws
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/12/20/supreme_court_of_canada_strikes_down_federal_criminal_prostitution_laws.html
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11227
http://www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/2013/12/stephen-harper-and-the-middle-class-crisis/
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/12/20/the-incredible-shrinking-presidency-of-barack-obama/
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/20/indigenous_groups_win_right_to_seize
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20609-learning-to-speak-economese

again: this is hilarious. how can they print this?
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/20/the_autocrats_emergency_bailout_fund

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/21/ndaa-d21.html
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20778-under-amazons-cia-cloud-the-washington-post
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/yves-engler/2013/12/canadas-naked-self-interest-foreign-policy
http://libcom.org/blog/2011-nato-bombings-libya-part-one-bombings-18122013
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/21/bang-d21.html