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Matthew Duss

Matthew Duss is a foreign policy analyst and a contributing writer for the Prospect. You can follow him on Twitter @mattduss.

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ARABS AND HOLLYWOOD.

Matthew DussOct 04, 2007

There's an Interesting LA Times story today on actors of Middle Eastern descent struggling with the roles available to them:

"Arabs and Arab Americans in Hollywood live in an interesting time. The appetite for Middle Eastern stories and themes boomed after 9/11 and grew again with the ongoing grind of the war in Iraq. But the roles suddenly being created for Arab-heritage actors often are limited to those of terrorists or are otherwise so poorly drawn that actors must swallow their pride to take them. And that's if they even get offered the parts.

Some in the community still see the changes as a sign of progress.

THE NEOCON MERGE TEMPLATE REVEALED.

Matthew DussOct 03, 2007

Read the following and see if you can guess whether David Frum is writing about Iraq back in 2003, or about Iran today:

TODAY'S VERY SERIOUS, THOUGHTFUL ARGUMENT.

Matthew DussOct 03, 2007

Jonah Goldberg brings his favorite analytical tools, the broad generalization and the unsubstantiated assertion, to bear upon the question of "national culture," with predictable results:

WHERE PARODY GOES TO DIE.

Matthew DussOct 03, 2007

Via LGM, Ann Althouse on Hillary Clinton's laugh:

"I think it was her strategy to make us talk about that instead of substantive problems she has. It's a distraction. She's deliberately laughing in a way designed to derail us from going in a direction that would hurt her. (So was the cleavage.)"

WHO’S A TOUGH GUY? COME ON, WHO’S A TOUGH GUY?

Matthew DussOct 02, 2007

Glenn Greenwald on the fetishization of violence that characterizes Right Bedwetterstan:

"Bombing and killing Muslims is the only path for avoiding the humiliating scenarios which our nation's war cheerleaders carry around obsessively in their heads, and which are currently filling my inbox. They're not going to be the ones on their knees, begging. They're not going to be the "faggots." Instead, they are going to send others off to fight and bomb and occupy and kill and thereby show who is strong and tough and feel protected.

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