View image | gettyimages.com I know a professor who can turn to a teaching assistant on the way down to the classroom and ask, “What’s today’s class about?” and then upon hearing the answer, walk in and give a flawless and fascinating three-hour lecture without notes, and without a hint of hesitation or uncertainty anywhere […]
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Netanyahu’s Gambit: Is Israel’s Latest Military Move Designed to Bolster His Re-election Campaign?
A risky attack in Syria could be the prime minister’s electoral strategy—whatever the cost to Israel.
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Why the Paris Attacks Didn’t Happen Here
We’ve been hearing a lot from certain people that the terrorist attacks in Paris just show how weak Barack Obama is, and we’re probably going to get hit with this kind of attack here, because the terrorist are emboldened or something. In my post this morning at the Plum Line, I looked at some things […]
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Terrorists Will Never Limit Our Free Speech, But Government Can
“Lone wolf” nutjobs and small bands of extremists can’t threaten our values, but our own institutions can.
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The Politics of Terrorism Lead Desperate Hollande to Embrace Sarkozy
In an effort to marginalize his nation’s large far-right party in the wake of attacks by Islamist radicals, the president of France teams up with an old foe.
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Don’t Starve the Palestinian Authority. Replace It With a Real State
Cutting U.S. aid to the Palestinians would mean heaping one mistake on another.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Bush Doctrine Lives
Almost all the GOP presidential candidates will embrace it in one way or another, even those not named Bush.
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New Day: The Intricate Dance of Being a Cuban American
Too many of the same people who are rightfully upset about attempts at voter suppression in this country look fondly on a regime that has denied the people of Cuba those very same rights.
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More Disturbing Revelations About the CIA Torture Program
Where everybody’s lying to themselves and failure is rewarded.
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Has the GOP Become the Pro-Torture Party?
Elite conservatives are all arguing for torture, and the rank-and-file may be following along.
