President Obama’s new defense strategy reflects a shift in global politics to Asia.
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You’re One of the Richest People in the World. You.
Half of the richest people in the world live in the U.S. … and you’re one of them.Â
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While You Were Out
Same-sex marriages in Spain and Mexico, the cost of being a same-sex couple in Michigan and the U.S. at large, and (woohoo!) transgender breakthroughs
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End-of-a-Lifetime Chance
What are the prospects for a unified, nuclear-free Korea?
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The Last King of the Iron Curtain
What we’ve come to label as socialism can be more accurately described as old-school monarchy.
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There Goes the Last War Justification
Sectarian conflict returns to Iraq after last U.S. troops pull out.
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Vaclav Havel on Kim Jong-Il
Via @beingbrina, here is the Velvet Revolutionary’s comment on Dear Leader, in the Globe and Mail, 2004.
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The War on Terror Comes Home
Passage of the NDAA brings issues of indefinite detention and military trials to American shores.
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The Monster Rebels against Its Master
The Israeli government is fine with “breaking the rule of law”—as long as it’s state-sanctioned.
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Conflict’s Resolution
The end of the Iraq War marks a victory for progressives, but tough work lies ahead.
