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• live from (not) Dublin, Lyndall Stein is executive director of Concern, an “humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.” Lyndall’s most recent writing includes her openDemocracy article, “Ethiopia: the tears and the rains.”
• live from Baghdad, journalist David Enders has spent nearly half of the last four years in Iraq and is author of the book “Baghdad Bulletin.” (University of Michigan Press) Visit his blog that includes video at http://pulitzercenter.typepad.com/death_of_a_nation.
• Ismael Hossein-zadeh teaches economics at Drake University and is the author of “The Political Economy of U.S. Militarism.” (Palgrave-Macmillan). Ismael’s most recent writing includes the Counterpunch pieces, “Is There an Oil Shortage?” and “Are They Really Oil Wars?”
• Lawrence Velvel is the Dean of the Massachusetts School of Law, Lawrence writes the blog Velvel on National Affairs, where his most recent entries are entitled “Zbigniew Brzezinski, Lawrence Wilkerson, And Barack Obama On Afghanistan,” “Forgetting The Fundamentals In Regard To Oil And Afghanistan,” “Evil Judges And Dumb Politicians,” and “Prosecuting For War Crimes: As Lincoln Said, The Battle Of Today Is Not For Today Alone, But For A Vast Future.” He is an honors graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, has practiced law in the public and private sectors, and been a law professor. He is also the author of “Thine Alabaster Cities Gleam (Doukathsan Press) which is “a look at the determinants of success in America during the last half of the 20th century and extensively criticizes the dishonesty, elitism, celebrification and braggadocio that now pave the road to success in our society and are tarnishing the American Dream.”

And our irregular correspondents this week include:

• live from Portland, Maine, Danny Muller gave us his ‘Wasted Energy Report’
• live from New York City, Drew Youngren …
• live from San Francisco, Kate O’Donnell gave an ‘Antarctic Perspective’ …
• and Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.